Sentence examples similar to phony stage from inspiring English sources

There is a thoroughly implausible exchange between Alma and Seigl about Holocaust denial and revisionist history, and there are phony, stage-managed scenes in which Seigl agonizes about his right "to appropriate the Holocaust" for his work -- a tip-off, perhaps, that the author is worried about being accused of the same thing.

If so, this is the phony war stage: homemade banners, ragged organisation, no one quite sure what to expect.

It also said that the insurance scheme relied in part on phony accidents staged with volunteers.

In Weiner's world, this is how progress is made: one sleek, phony-baloney stage act at a time.

An antiques dealer was sentenced to a year in prison and ordered to repay $830,000 for staging phony appraisals on the PBS series "Antiques Roadshow" and defrauding Civil War collectors.

Sanctions followed, but by then Russia's military presence was secured and a phony referendum was staged in Crimea.

Here's a sample suggestion, from Page 28, of how to stage a phony public meeting with business owners: "Confirm the theme(s) prior to the event and make sure the participants will be 100 percent on message.

But a guard tricks Pasquale into betraying Giuseppe's brother by staging a phony beating.

Seven months later, in March, 2000, Colin, Jr., and his mother staged a phony kidnapping to deflect attention from the murder.

However, this was anticipated by Skinner, who fooled Lisa by staging a phony presentation before the real one, allowing the school to keep the money anyway.

Issa just wants to provide a platform for four political appointees from the Republican Party who staged a phony walkout from the Commission.