Sentence examples for phoney about from inspiring English sources

It's based on authenticity when there is something phoney about the Mayor.

But there is certainly nothing phoney about Catrambone's passion for saving migrants.

There's nothing phoney about the relaxed friendliness of the staff; by day two, the gardener was busy teaching my toddler to speak patois.

In an industry built on pretence, there was nothing phoney about her. "I never worried about that," she says, dismissing the premium put by directors on physical appearance.

And you'll find nothing phoney about The Catcher in the Rye pair, alluding to the original dust jacket design in highly directional orange, cream and taupe.

12 July 2016: At a Treasury select committee hearing, Carney faces questions about whether he had "peddled phoney forecasts" about the risks of a Brexit vote.

As a result, we've wasted a quarter century in a phoney argument about whether the climate was changing.

On the one hand, a race to the bottom on law and order; on the other, a phoney war about "privilege".

Looters would be tracked down "picture by picture" and he would not let "phoney concerns about human rights get in the way of the publication of these pictures".

In July, Carney faced questions from parliament's Treasury committee over whether the Bank had "peddled phoney forecasts" about the risks of a Brexit vote.

The phoney wars about Kevin Pietersen and the returning South Africans in the England side, and the endless speculation about the balance of the teams, the impact of Andrew Flintoff's retirement or Kallis's rib injury, or the latest review system, have begun to gnaw away at the psyche of the players.