Sentence examples for dissemble under from inspiring English sources
His most prominent moment in the public hearings conducted in the fall was to criticize staff investigators for suggesting in briefing papers that a former high-ranking C.I.A. official might "dissemble" under committee questioning.
While it has a clear historical sense in the use of dissembling under unpropitious political circumstances – Protestants under Mary, Catholic recusants under Elizabeth, the "Family of Love" under everyone – MacCulloch extends the usage to analyse the Nicodemism of gay Anglo-Catholics, a kind of liturgical polari, which was ironically threatened by increased liberalism in other parts of the church.
If Athill suppresses the angsts, Rhys dissembled her force under performances of weakness.
This paper presents a longitudinal field study where management accounting practices pursued under the banner of category management operated to dissemble a variety of self-interested actions and trust was deployed largely as a discursive resource which ultimately resulted in distrust and cynicism.
This refusal to dissemble is exemplary.
Buildings needn't dissemble or merely distract.
Following man's example, things have also learned to dissemble.
Where we live, he has to dissemble or keep quiet.
None can record more faithfully or dissemble more convincingly.
