Sentence examples for untruthful statement from inspiring English sources

According to the untruthfulness condition, lying requires that a person make an untruthful statement, that is, make a statement that she believes to be false.

However, in the case of polite untruths, such as "Madam is not at home," the untruthful statement is simply a euphemism: "For example, the words "She is not at home," delivered by a servant or a relative at the door, have become a mere euphemism for indisposition or disinclination" (Isenberg 1973, 256).

Against the untruthfulness condition of L1 it has been objected that an untruthful statement is not necessary for lying.

According to the untruthfulness condition, it is sufficient for lying that the person who makes the untruthful statement intends that the addressee believe the untruthful statement to be true; it is not necessary that the addressee believe the untruthful statement to be true.

"Well, excuse me, but that's not an untruthful statement," Mr. Gore added.

Mr. Browne acknowledged making an untruthful statement in court about the circumstances under which he had met a younger man with whom he had had a relationship.

— Two weeks ago, Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign gleefully publicized a spate of news reports about misleading and untruthful statements in the advertisements of his rival, Senator John McCain.

From the consumer's point of view, the basic criticism of advertising is that it leads him to purchase goods that he has no wish to purchase by presenting misleading and untruthful statements or by creating wants, needs, and desires in his mind that might not otherwise exist.

Ellison found that in autumn 1993 there was "clear evidence of a strong feeling of indignation and a degree of hostility" in senior Met echelons towards what they considered unjustified and untruthful statements by, or on behalf of, the family about incompetence and lack of effort in the murder investigation.

Mr. North has previously acknowledged his untruthful statements at the meeting, but Dan K. Webb, the chief prosecution lawyer in the trial of Mr. Poindexter, seized on the admission in an apparent effort to suggest that Mr. North's lies were part of a conspiracy to deceive Congress.

"I have made it abundantly clear to Mr. Cohen that if he comes here today and he does not tell us the truth, I will be the first one to refer those untruthful statements to DOJ," Cummings said, using an abbreviation for the Justice Department.