Sentence examples similar to trumped-up explanations from inspiring English sources

So pick the guy who's the outsider, pick the guy who's giving you an explanation — in my view, a trumped-up one, not convincing — but, nevertheless, people are hungry for that".

What explanation exists for charges so ridiculous and trumped-up, other than that they are clearly scared of those with the capacity to expose and defy wrongdoing?

Trump's opponent, Hillary Clinton, memorably spoke of "Trumped-up trickle-down economics".

What trumped-up charge did they pin on him?

"Trumped-up trickle-down," we call it.

I called it trumped-up trickledown economics".

Mr Hamilton says the complaints are trumped-up trivia.

Aren't these clearly trumped-up charges, again?

He realizes pretty quickly that these are trumped-up charges.

"It's an invented game, a trumped-up game".

We've included it here in light of the trumped-up (and Trumped-up) controversy regarding Obama's birth certificate.