Sentence examples for a phony idea of from inspiring English sources

Thanks to the Internet, and to shows like "American Idol," we are encouraged to believe in a phony idea of interactivity, as "all popular culture aspires to full viewer participation".

"Élites come up with phony ideologies and phony ideas to rob you of your freedom".

INDIANAPOLIS — After the most trying week of his presidential bid, Senator Barack Obama sought to reframe and reinvigorate his candidacy on Saturday by asking Democrats to disregard "phony ideas, calculated to win elections instead of actually solving problems" and to seize an opportunity to change Washington.

A phony review of a restaurant may lead to a bad meal, which is disappointing.

As for the idea of reinstating a ban on so-called assault rifles, which was in place from 1994 to 2004, he said, "I think that is a phony piece of legislation, and I do not believe it will pass for this reason: It's all built on lies that have been found out".

Arthur sent him a phony set of galley proofs with the requested changes but had the book published as written.

Each accuses the other of owning a phony set of unregistered bearer shares.

Mitt Romney is a phony with gobs of hair gel.

"I never saw a phony second out of the guy".

Ms. Grills, who worked at the Drew home, said she hatched the idea of creating a phony MySpace account, under the name Josh Evans, to communicate with Megan.

A phony solution in search of a nonexistent problem?