Sentence examples for phony idea from inspiring English sources

Thanks to the Internet, and to shows like "American Idol," we are encouraged to believe in a phony idea of interactivity, as "all popular culture aspires to full viewer participation".

Now it's all about contempt for the public and our memory, wrapped in the phony idea that right wing ends justify any means.

"Élites come up with phony ideologies and phony ideas to rob you of your freedom".

INDIANAPOLIS — After the most trying week of his presidential bid, Senator Barack Obama sought to reframe and reinvigorate his candidacy on Saturday by asking Democrats to disregard "phony ideas, calculated to win elections instead of actually solving problems" and to seize an opportunity to change Washington.

When we see television commercials now, the advertising looks so phony; the idea that purchasing a mid-range sedan, or ordering a slightly larger-than-average meal could inspire such ecstasy just doesn't ring true.

You feel like a con man, selling phony emotions and ideas.

"It's about some phony ideal, some phony theology," he said in Ohio, referring to what he called the president's imposition of his ideas on churches.

"It's about some phony ideal, some phony theology.

And... "Who cares?" And... "This writer is an non-practicing phony, who has no idea what she is talking about concerning the Catholic faith, or anything else".

And it wasn't until I got the idea about the phony F.B.I. agents that the screenplay worked on both ends.

Obama's series of economic talks also tried to pin the tail on the elephant -- i.e., the GOP is either distracting us with "phony scandals" or obstructing good ideas.