dissembled
Example Sentences
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When a suspicious F.B.I. agent later interviewed him about the trip, Hua dissembled and said he was only visiting friends and family.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2023
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
Joan dissembled the odd emotion with which she recognized the man, and turned to Fowey.
From Joan Thursday by Vance, Louis Joseph
