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

Before being sentenced, Matar stood and made a statement about freedom of speech in which he called Rushdie a hypocrite, according to the Associated Press.

From BBC • May 16, 2025

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

I know he is a hypocrite; that he is shaping a story for himself to tell somebody, to tell his father; naturally.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison