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

He’s a soulless hypocrite, another of today’s clout-seeking grifters.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

That abject hypocrite, Pumblechook, nodded again, and said, with a patronizing laugh, “It’s more than that, Mum. Good again! Follow her up, Joseph!”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens