Sentence examples for play disingenuous from inspiring English sources

But representative Ed Royce called the administration's statements that Congress has a role to play "disingenuous", in light of a limited vote on lifting sanctions, held off at least for several years.

The government is playing a disingenuous game by conflating pay progression with cost-of-living increases.

If someone says if there's a vacancy some time in the future, might you be in the frame, I'm not going to be playing this disingenuous game of ruling anything in or out".

"I think anyone who would suggest that there weren't partisan politics at play would be disingenuous," said State Senator Brian A. Joyce, who sponsored the bill to move up the election.

This is a game they're playing that's disingenuous and a total indicator of their low self-worth.

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The convenience of Chris Kelly's new alliance with the progressive organization MoveOn.org has not gone unnoticed as a disingenuous political play.

There is nothing disingenuous about playing different roles.

The disingenuous escapade plays out in a series of four look-alike hotel rooms; the cities vary, but the similarity of the spaces is meant to emphasize Guy's psychological predicament — he is everywhere and nowhere.

Dramaturgically speaking, the play is both ambitious and disingenuous; it's like a charming, and charmless, Hope-Crosby road movie, with Hanks as Bob and Vance as Bing, two jocular American buddies travelling around the world, righting political wrongs, while talking to the camera, singing a few songs, and falling in love with Dorothy Lamour.

Unfortunately, an immediate critical response from US lawmakers, coupled with a slick and disingenuous public relations play from Apple CEO Tim Cook, suggests that American taxpayers will probably continue to pay the price for Apple's tax dodging for some time to come.