Sentence examples for to be phony from inspiring English sources
It appeared to be phony outrage.
You know that Mitt Romney isn't going to drop the story just because it's been reported to be phony.
"Players see through you if you try to be phony or false or someone else," Mariucci said.
On a brighter note, I have clear opinions about nails and nail polish, lacquer and varnish — which turns out to be phony nomenclature for identical substances.
In 1990, the tabloid faced lawsuits from Taylor and Roseanne Barr, and a wave of stories alleging the paper paid people to be phony sources.
What emerges is Ms. Blair's portrait of her subject as a germ-phobic anti-Gatsby: "He had no desire to pass for old money himself and considered most of those who benefited from it to be phonies; likewise he was not at all reticent about how he made his money but took every opportunity to boast about just how clever he had been.
To do anything else would be phony".
And it's the courage to challenge opponents whether they be phony Democrats or conservative Republicans.
