Sentence examples for the mendacity of from inspiring English sources

(It reveals "the mendacity of the desperately average").

"I believe in the mendacity of Hope," she said.

He wrote of "the greed, the avarice, and the mendacity" of its residents.

But "negative" hardly does justice to the mendacity of the campaign of vilification that bracketed Nashville.

He captures in the Southern twang both the music and the mendacity of personality.

… Your belief in the mendacity of the state … begins only with a jackboot at the door.

They know, too, how the colonialist habits of ideological deceit trickle down and turn into the mendacities of postcolonial regimes, such as in Zimbabwe and Syria, or of terrorists who kill and maim in the cause of anti-imperialism.

As the sheer mendacity of the leave argument becomes clear – it never intended to curb immigration, there will be no extra money for the NHS, there was no plan for making up EU spending in deprived areas – there will be a powerful argument for framing the general election as a rematch.

As the sleep-deprived reporter staggered into election day, he reflected that if his nighttime activities had reached even a small percentage of the American electorate, and helped them understand the fundamental mendacity of a candidate seeking the most powerful job on the planet, then "it would have been worth it".

It is tempting to attribute this to the straightforward mendacity of politicians and the media, in the memorable phrase of US writer-turned-Senator Al Franken, lies and the lying liars who tell them.

In "The Conservative Epiphany" (column, March 10), Paul Krugman rightly exposes certain conservatives' reluctant recognition of the mendacity and failure of the Bush administration's policies.