falsehood

Example Sentences

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards also said that no US Navy vessel has "dared" approach the Strait of Hormuz, calling Wright's claim a "pure falsehood."

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

In a joint statement with local government officials on Monday, Kaduna state police commissioner Alhaji Muhammad Rabiu described the information as "mere falsehood which is being peddled by conflict entrepreneurs who want to cause chaos".

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

To secure conviction, prosecutors must prove a falsehood was made “knowingly and willfully” and be “materially” false, fictitious or fraudulent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

She went on, “old, tired attacks on conservative women are based on a falsehood that we can’t achieve anything without a man’s help.”

From Slate • Aug. 12, 2025

‘Do you mean that he is dead, and that you knew it? You have been trying to trap me in words, playing with me? Or are you now trying to snare me with a falsehood?’

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien