Sentence examples for exactly a lie from inspiring English sources

Chalabi's response wasn't exactly a lie — I'll get to that in a second — but it wasn't exactly the truth, either.

I guess you could say that Romney's claim wasn't exactly a lie, since some people with preexisting conditions would retain coverage.

So his promise to support an extension rings hollow -- it's not exactly a lie, but it's not the full truth, either.

Though not exactly a lie, it was clearly part of a calculated plan to transform himself into a teen idol via his new alter ego.

It is telling that Polly Toynbee should conclude her response to Shirley Williams' criticisms with a statement that is not exactly a lie, but so economical with the facts that it bears an even scantier relation to the truth.

While not exactly a lie, surprising a potential employer with a detail like that might be risky.

It wasn't that he was lying, exactly – a liar is riddled with apprehension that the lies will be discovered, but a bullshitter just doesn't care.

While President Trump isn't exactly the cannot-tell-a-lie inheritor of the Washingtonian tradition, his Treasury Secretary, the foreclosure king of America, is distinctly no Alexander Hamilton.

"We Built It" is not a lie, exactly, but as a slogan it is built on a lie.

I CANNOT TELL A LIE, EXACTLY: And Other Stories, by Mary Ladd Gavell.

Gavell, who obviously polished but did not publish the stories in "I Cannot Tell a Lie, Exactly," apparently underplayed her hand as a writer in her own life.