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

In a July 4, 2013, email to Nikolic, Epstein wrote: “Bill risks going from richest man to biggest hypocrite, melinda a laughing stock, pledges will disappear as a result.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

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

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

“He’s not a hypocrite saying one thing and doing another. He lives what he believes.”

From Salon • Oct. 31, 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