Sentence examples for the phony from inspiring English sources

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the phony

noun

A person who assumes an identity or quality other than their own.

  • He claims to be a doctor, but he's nothing but a fast-talking phony.

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The phony global-warming agenda.

Remember the phony veteran!

The phony political outrage is one thing.

And then there were the phony tips.

Enough with the phony, wimpy clones!

But American officials said the phony bonds were fairly routine.

I love the real tinsel and the phony tinsel, too.

But quickly she drops the phony expression and corrects herself.

The Web address is printed plainly on the phony tickets.

Which brings me to the phony Acorn scandal.

(Her male sous-chef dismisses "the phony populism of jelly beans").

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