insincere

Example Sentences

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If time doesn’t allow for this, Fitzgerald says, it is often considered better to slip away than to appear rushed or insincere in a curt goodbye.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Encouraged to reveal themselves “authentically,” stars can find themselves prodded by fans to comment on current events and excoriated when they refuse or respond in a way that certain followers consider insincere or politically incorrect.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

That promise, insincere from the start, looks hollower every day.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2025

"We are not going to bend in the face of this insincere outrage," Leavitt told reporters at the White House.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2025

They had been halfhearted tokens of penance, insincere, corrupt gestures meant more for his own appeasement than hers.

From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini