fib
Example Sentences
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"Perhaps the starkest," Dr Rogers said, were her attempts to explain the cancer fib.
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025
If someone were to ask me how I kept my sanity this past year, I would first probably fib and come up with something literary.
From Slate • Dec. 28, 2024
Rae’s pretext for the connection: Piano music helps her work, and Yoori was recommended by someone who overheard her practicing at the music school, a fib that the sweet but self-effacing Yoori hardly believes.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 6, 2024
When Letterman asked if she was telling a little fib, she coyly replied, “yes.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2023
I do not want to fib, especially in church.
From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.