Sentence examples for a sham act from inspiring English sources
His immunity to the film had a political basis: he viewed it as a sham act of subversion, an apparent exposure of the artifice of gender roles that, in the end, settles down to reinforce the status quo.
"Even so long after 'Charles 'n' Diana' was exposed as a sham act, Britain is still in thrall to a vulgar fascination with bloodlines and a barkingly insane notion of monarchy" - Writer Will Self.
When the promised vote arrived in 1969, it was a sham, the so-called Act of Free Choice, in which just 0.2percentt of the West Papuan population voted to ensure West Papua remained part of Indonesia.
He once warned that lobbying was "the next great scandal waiting to happen", but his Lobbying Act was a sham: only 1% of lobbying is caught by it.
I mean we need to all agree that what passed as education reform, the Leave No Child Behind Act, was really a sham.
It's also a bit of a sham, too.
First Equity acted as what one prosecutor called a "sham clearinghouse" for Evergreen.
He sometimes tries to act like he's moody or difficult, but it's just a sham".
