half-truth
Example Sentences
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“Before he took the time to gather the facts, he painted a negative half-truth about our son and the unfolding case,” she said.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2023
Just a day after the intelligence officer’s report, the Army offered a clarifying half-truth: It identified the object as a crashed weather balloon.
From Slate • Jun. 29, 2021
Who among us hasn't engaged with a story that has no predictable ending, with a half-truth that, upon further examination, is more fiction than fact?
From Salon • Jun. 14, 2020
If a song can make you love a lie, or at least a complicated half-truth, this one does it.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2019
This half-truth was of great use to the poor fellow, who learned to substitute it for the real trouble in later years.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
