Sentence examples for untruthful statements from inspiring English sources

If x makes an untruthful statement to y, without the intention that y believe that untruthful statement to be true, but with the intention that y believe something else to be true that x believes to be true, then x is not lying to y, according to L1. Examples of such non-deceptive untruthful statements include polite untruths (Kant 1997, 27; Mahon 2003, 109).

— 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.

When these musings turned to talk of murder, Mr. Legan said he contacted the Manhattan district attorney's office and entered into a stringent cooperation agreement: to wear a wire in exchange for leniency but face severe jail time for any breaches, like untruthful statements.

Leahy, joined by ranking Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa, blasted James Clapper, the US director of national intelligence, for making untruthful statements to Congress in March about the bulk phone records collection on Americans, and NSA director Keith Alexander for overstating the usefulness of that collection for stopping terrorist attacks.

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.