phony
Example Sentences
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He needs to give us an extra hint how he’s feeling — as an actor, Powell is so slick that even his regular smile comes across phony.
From Los Angeles Times
Mom was willing to mail phony postcards from halfway across the world, so we shouldn’t underestimate her sneakiness.
From Literature
He is hired as an intern by a phony physician whose reputation is founded on knowledge of “a certain professional slang, humored by a medical face.”
Arthur Julian, a writer on “F Troop,” noted that “real audiences sound phonier than the laugh track. Sometimes they freeze up and act unnatural.”
Indiana’s rise has happened as college football’s gone sideways, shedding its phony amateurism for something professionalized and completely amok.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
