How to Use dishonesty in a Sentence

dishonesty

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  • Are you accusing him of dishonesty?
  • This kind of dishonesty is not unique to Biden, of course.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
  • No hint of dishonesty has tarnished her, and she is pledged to the rule of law.
    — Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • That’s a breach of your agreement and an act of dishonesty.
    — New York Times, 22 June 2022
  • The Little Liar is a parable that shows the high cost of dishonesty.
    — Shannon Carlin, Time, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Worse was the dishonesty of Biden’s sales pitch for his policies.
    — The Editors, National Review, 29 Apr. 2021
  • And there is a whole lot of dishonesty in right-wing media about the results.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN, 28 Oct. 2020
  • There was a lot of dishonesty and people taking money and putting it in the wrong places.
    — Jeff Nelson, PEOPLE.com, 6 Sep. 2017
  • But throwin the word cheating around is such click bait dishonesty.
    — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 22 May 2018
  • And even bigger than the spending spree and dishonesty is your spouse’s refusal to own the errors and do the work.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 20 June 2023
  • The arguments have changed, but the dishonesty has not.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 22 Sep. 2020
  • And his dishonesty has not been limited to the subject of the election.
    — Daniel Dale, CNN, 28 Aug. 2021
  • The last few hours alone have brought news of fresh new forms of Trumpian dishonesty that have managed to shock even the people who were looking for it.
    — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 2 May 2018
  • And the truth is that Trump’s broadside against the terrible dishonesty of the media will leave lots of heads nodding around the country.
    — Chris Cillizza, Orange County Register, 17 Feb. 2017
  • Next to them the cynicism and dishonesty of Alan Simpson will be placed in sharp contrast.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022
  • Biden's handling of Hunter's case underscores the steep cost of this dishonesty.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The Daily Show is supposed to cut through the media’s dishonesty, not parrot it.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The truth is, dishonesty isn’t just something other people get caught up in.
    — Ron Carucci, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2021
  • Petty dishonesty has an amazing way of nudging the Karmic wheel.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 23 Apr. 2023
  • The Lord tells His followers to speak with trust and honesty and avoid wrongdoing, as dishonesty is in the same vein as hatred.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 11 July 2022
  • Kaitlyn Dever, 24, is the best thing about the film as Zoe, who falls into a romance built on dishonesty with Evan.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Kaitlyn Dever, who is the best thing about the film as Zoe, who falls into a romance built on dishonesty with Evan, is 24.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 21 Sep. 2021
  • For what did this place, established by the British and built in the image of their great universities, stand for but dishonesty?
    — Veronica Chambers, New York Times, 28 June 2019
  • Secrecy, on the other hand, is about building a fortress, each brick laid with dishonesty.
    — Tracy Strauss, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Standing by a company that pays shareholders from the spoils of dishonesty is a bad look.
    — Derek Newton, Forbes, 11 May 2021
  • Quist has shown a disturbing pattern of dishonesty, and that record speaks for itself.
    — Washington Post, 2 May 2017
  • Your being jealous of my race is no excuse for your dishonesty.
    — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Ariely came to owe his reputation to his work on dishonesty.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Comer accused Raskin of dishonesty and abuse of power in investigating Trump for years and leading the second impeachment inquiry.
    — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Rather than discussing the inadequacies, dishonesty, and plain bad art of The Brutalist and Emilia Pérez, the trade press perpetuates the hubbub as a technological crisis.
    — Armond White, National Review, 24 Jan. 2025

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