be insincere

Example Sentences

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As impressed with “The Drama” as I am, it would be insincere not to look at Borgli’s film in a wider context.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

A: You don’t have to answer a question that you know to be insincere.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2020

As with Bowie, you will hear Prince tributes coming from some improbable quarters this week, and while they may seem unearned, they won’t be insincere.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2016

I don’t think people are affirmatively trying to be insincere when they use this greeting; it’s just a colloquialism that has worked its way into the language.

From New York Times • May 21, 2010

One may be insincere under many circumstances, but one is rarely insincere when, alone, at the beginning or close of the day he reads the words of that Book, and prays.

From The Girl in Her Teens by Slattery, Margaret