Sentence examples for in a charade from inspiring English sources

Win or lose, I had taken part in a charade that diminished politics and politicians.

They cloaked themselves in idealism but deep down had to know they were engaging in a charade.

Merkel has shown extraordinary ethical leadership over the past year, but in this case she was participating in a charade.

After my brush with Soviet spy recruiters, I engaged in a charade when hosting visitors from the United States.

Merkel has shown extraordinary ethical leadership over the past year, but in this case she was participating in a charade.

I felt I was participating in a charade where everyone has to pretend this is a better joke than it is.

One senior Western diplomat proposed the idea that the latest public remarks were in part a charade, and that Mr. Putin, fearful of betrayal or a loss of influence in the Kremlin's mercurial inner sanctum, may yet reverse his course and decide to serve another four-year term, no matter the constitutional ban.

No journalist with any shred of journalistic ethics could participate in such a charade.

In the other narrative, the program is a charade in which millions in tax money is funneled in the name of parental choice into the coffers of religious schools.

Luyendijk is convinced that the steps taken so far in terms of regulation and reining in bonuses are a charade.

So our negotiations with them in May were a charade?