Sentence examples for phony of from inspiring English sources

Throughout Paterno's 61-year run at Penn State, he was often accused of being a phony — of not caring as much as he pretended to about academics, of being smug and sanctimonious and hypocritical.

When he was still in the Senate, Mr. Bradley told at least a couple of friends that he thought Mr. Gore was hypocritical, a phony of the first order, and in recent debates has done nothing to hide his disdain.

Take the phony who said "How marvelous to see you!" to Holden when she really meant "How's your big brother?" And yet the phonies of J. D. Salinger's preppie-meltdown classic are looking pretty good these days.

So, despite the fact that there are countless futurists of tremendous merit, in my research I chose to focus upon the plagiarists and phonies of the trade.

Randi, like his hero Houdini before him, is an ex-magician who dedicates his time to exposing the truth behind the lies and phonies of the mystic industry.

Based on what I'm reading here, it looks like Mr. Speaker is thinking he wants to pass "the phoniest of all phony budgets" so he can "crush Illinois families and lead to more people and businesses leaving the state".

O.K., so you represent nothing, speak directly to the audience and have dispensed with plot, character and the rest of those phony conventions of the theater.

Conason wonders what a Molière or Mark Twain would make of the "phony Puritanism" of today's "reactionary clowns," and bows in Mencken's direction.

Each accuses the other of owning a phony set of unregistered bearer shares.

Taking advantage of secrecy laws and outright bribery, he cheated investors out of $7 billion by selling phony certificates of deposit.

Other Forbes coverage has listed examples of refunds due to phony claims of tax credits.