little white lie

How to use little white lie in a sentence

• All it takes is one little white lie, and Frances stealthily gets her foot in the door of the Kyte family home.

  Must-Read Fiction: ‘The Watch,’ ‘Alys, Always,’ ‘The Year of the Gadfly’ | Cameron Martin, Lucy Scholes, Amber Dermont | June 19, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST

• The old saying is that a little white lie will never hurt somebody, and sometimes it actually makes things a little better.

  Why You Should Lie | Lloyd Grove | September 18, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST

• He had already forgiven himself for the little white lie that morning.

  Weak on Square Roots | Russell Burton