be dishonest
Example Sentences
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Why would someone who loves you deeply be dishonest about money?
From Salon • Feb. 14, 2025
Droeger said the district attorney’s office places probation officers found to be dishonest on an internal list of witnesses with credibility issues.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024
“I didn’t really want to be dishonest, but I also didn’t want them to know the truth,” Ellison said.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2023
Dr. Amesh Adalja, a senior scholar at Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, said the study shows that certain policies “engender people to be dishonest about their actions, leading to increased risk.”
From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2022
You had to crave something to be dishonest.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
