play false

Example Sentences

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And how many are there who play false in life, less from the gain than the gratification of vanity!—a kind of diabolical pride in outwitting and overreaching those whose good faith has made them weak!

From Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

She must not play false even with him.

From An Enemy to the King by Stephens, Robert Neilson

Sir Thomas Teddeman, who was sent by Sandwich to attack the Dutch at Bergen, was suspected by the Danish governor of intending to play false, was fired on by the batteries, and was beaten off.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

To release the eagle would be to play false to Shamash.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris

That they might be considered a guard of honor rather than spies sent out to see that he did not play false never occurred to him.

From The Thunder Bird by Bower, B. M.