play false

Example Sentences

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It was not human nature—not even woman’s—to play false in such sans façon.

From The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness by Reid, Mayne

So far as degrading effect is concerned, the "pure, sweet" story or play, false to nature, false to true morality, propagandist of indecent emotions disguised as idealism, need yield nothing to the so-called "strong" story.

From Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise by Phillips, David Graham

The Landlady left the room, and thought;—"If you play false with me, I will play false with you, too."

From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. by Auerbach, Berthold

And so Captain Jones of the Mayflower was bribed by Dutch gold to play false with the band of Pilgrims.

From The Landing of the Pilgrims by Zyve, Claire Turner

Do you think that I enjoy this fierce wrestling with doubts? or, having them, would you bid me play false and conceal them?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 by Various