hypocrite

Example Sentences

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While historians often portray Cromwell as “a hypocrite or a double-dealer,” here he’s a dexterous politician, a pragmatic and adaptable leader who “could ride two horses at once, while advancing three agendas.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

I’m the hypocrite who’s stayed up for Jake Paul’s boxing matches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

But given their exchanges have involved trading insults including fraud, hypocrite and unserious, we'll have to see how their working relationship evolves.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2026

I even got offered an opportunity to be in a DC film and I turned it down because I’m like, I’m gonna be a hypocrite if I do it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2025

How big of a hypocrite can I be?”

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone