untruth

Example Sentences

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Like some of her real-world counterparts, Madame M. is essentially a chief disinformation officer more interested in supplying untruth than decrying it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

It follows that millions of applications have been filed over the years with some untruth inside, with the vast majority being approved.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025

The crossbencher said, without that verification, "we're being asked to complicit in a present-day untruth and a future fantasy".

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2024

The purpose is not to forward any one particular untruth, but to throw out so many conflicting and outrageous claims that people no longer know what to believe, or what they might do about it.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2024

When I look back on that head-to-head with the Pastor, I’m pretty sure the only untruth I told was saying I didn’t know where I was headed after I left him hollering up Water Street.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx