be dishonest
Example Sentences
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She said that the couple "continued to be dishonest" about Eleanor's real start in life and how she came to be in their care.
From BBC • Jul. 14, 2025
Andrews said a technology that relies on shoppers to do their own scanning and punch in product quantities tempts even law-abiding citizens to be dishonest.
From Washington Times • Dec. 18, 2023
It forced Lydia and Uche to be dishonest and complicit in the mind games.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2023
Defense witnesses have been cantankerous and revealed themselves to be dishonest.
From Salon • Apr. 24, 2023
But that would be dishonest, so instead she said, “Perhaps visiting the poor will not be as smelly as all that.”
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
