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

She laughed about how she'll have to be a hypocrite now:

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

But I’m in the news business, and I felt like a hypocrite, so I kept sneaking peeks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

Would God think I was a hypocrite, praying every time I was scared?

From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers