Sentence examples for seemed phony from inspiring English sources

It seemed phony," said Ms. Egan.

First, the documents seemed phony on their face -- for example, the Niger minister of energy and mines who had signed them had left that position years earlier.

The Smoking Gun said the documents seemed phony because they appeared to be written on a typewriter instead of a computer and included blacked-out sections not typically found in such documents, among other problems.

The problem was, I kept running into the same issue – many of the entries seemed phony, as if the business owners themselves had written them.

"When people are wandering around before or after making love, and they're decorously covered with sheets, it's always seemed phony to me," he added.

The hope reflex seems phony.

It would be wrong to say that Mr. Bennouna has found a winning formula; nothing about Zitoune seems phony or calculated.

I knew dimly that I might gain advantages by befriending my wealthier clients, but I wasn't sure what kind – and I was nervous about seeming phony.

Indeed, when you do get heightened reality on television, it usually seems phony -- a violation of the contract between a series and its audience.

Everything in the society seems phony.

If it's done badly it can seem phony or forced.