Sentence examples for dishonest attempt from inspiring English sources

There's a truly despicable strain of hate-porn fantasy about women, and the movie closes with the inevitable, deeply dishonest attempt to sell Ross to us as a forgivably vulnerable mixed-up dreamer.

The Church of England has also attacked secular and humanist campaigners for what it said was a shameful and even dishonest attempt to eradicate recognition of faith in shaping British culture.

(Manohla Dargis) 'THE BRAVE ONE' Jodie Foster, playing a public-radio host turned vigilante gunslinger, prowls Manhattan in search of bad guys in this slick, dishonest attempt at a high-toned revenge picture.

(Dargis) 'THE BRAVE ONE' Jodie Foster, playing a public-radio host turned vigilante gunslinger, prowls Manhattan in search of bad guys in this slick, dishonest attempt at a high-toned revenge picture.

Paul Ryan, for example, has lately made a transparently dishonest attempt to claim that when he spoke about "takers" living off the efforts of the "makers" — at one point he assigned 60 percent of Americans to the taker category — he wasn't talking about people receiving Social Security and Medicare.

The New York Times called "Human Capital" a "dishonest attempt to make legal, voluntary and potentially lifesaving tissue donations appear nefarious and illegal".

He added: "Clinton's reckless conduct and dishonest attempts to avoid accountability show she cannot be trusted with the presidency and its chief obligation as commander-in-chief of the US armed forces".

At the initial step of the simulation, the environment has 10% dishonest RA who attempt to launch a bad mouthing attack against A by providing low recommended trust values (between the range [0 0.3]).

Deborah Coles, director of Inquest, a charity that represents the families of people who die in custody, said the state's mantra of "learning lessons" from deaths and injuries in custody was dishonest and an attempt to deflect from the truth.

In a statement, Philip Ellender, president of Koch Companies Public Sector, also called the ads "dishonest" and an "attempt to shut down free speech," adding, "Koch has a long history of standing firm for the principles of economic freedom, and we will continue to do so, in spite of the ongoing attacks".

Further, that the meeting rejoiced in the complete failure of the dishonest and lying attempt to implicate the Conservative leaders in a conspiracy with the rebel party against the bonds of union between Great Britain and Ireland, and they begged respectfully to assure Lord Salisbury and his colleagues of their unabated confidence in them.