dissembled
Example Sentences
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He was said to have dissembled when people on the call asked about whether repeat shop lifters or people who commit assaults without a weapon would be prosecuted and face jail terms.
From Fox News ● Jan. 20, 2022
Politicians have exaggerated and dissembled since time immemorial, including in their email dispatches.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2021
“I bent over backwards to try to work with the administration, but they delayed, dissembled, and degraded our committee’s efforts.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 12, 2019
Caught in a lie, Barr dissembled and tried to split hairs, showing signs of nervousness he's been much better at hiding in the past.
From Salon ● May 1, 2019
Yea and moreover, one war springeth of another: of a dissembled war there cometh war indeed, and of a very small, a right great war hath risen.
From Against War by Desiderius Erasmus
