purvey

Example Sentences

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If it’s egregious for politicians and celebrities to purvey misinformation, it’s far worse when the lie peddler is a physician.

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2022

But the question is in the execution of these new plots, and specifically how ardently this spinoff will purvey a skewed image of justice’s inner workings, as is the tendency of Wolf’s other work.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2018

Rather, I think that the very notion of the children’s movie is, too often, a coup of marketing that comes disguised in the very virtues that the movies purvey.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 6, 2017

Much of its appeal lies in the contrast between the ostensibly stodgy actors and the outlandish tales they purvey.

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2015

After the fight these sought our line, That aged harper and the girl, 135 And, having audience of the Earl, Mar bade I should purvey them steed, And bring them hitherward with speed.

From Lady of the Lake by Moody, William Vaughn