How to Use dishonest in a Sentence

dishonest

adjective
  • She gave dishonest answers to our questions.
  • So that’s the first and most dishonest thing about this whole idea.
    — Andrew Marino, The Verge, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Even at the time there were some readers who felt that this was dishonest.
    — Adam Kirsch, WSJ, 15 July 2021
  • But the claims made in that statement are dishonest spin, at best.
    — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 6 July 2017
  • A lot of it is dishonest numbers.
    — Hugh Son, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2026
  • That doesn't mean the dealer is dishonest, though.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Do people care if they are held out publicly as a fraud or dishonest?
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2020
  • So, in that moment, the things that are coming out of my mouth are not dishonest.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 22 July 2025
  • The fact that people have to be dishonest with each other.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Yes, a certain amount of warming is locked in and to deny that is dishonest.
    — Meg Charlton, Slate Magazine, 2 Jan. 2018
  • Being dishonest to try to sway the results will not lead you down the best road for your future.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 30 Aug. 2021
  • Last year has to be a low, dishonest year and a triumph for no one but the conceited and dumb.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 5 Jan. 2023
  • So, the man has a motive to lie and is dishonest, Benkley wrote.
    — Jane Ford-Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2018
  • First of all, the media is so dishonest and so corrupt, and the pile-on is so amazing.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 6 May 2024
  • An infectious and dishonest smile that will kill you in seven days?
    — Will Bedingfield, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The idea that overall and at our core people are selfish, greedy, and dishonest.
    — Sean Illing, Vox, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Yaroslavsky, in turn, said Yebri had been dishonest in his portrayal of her.
    — David Zahniserstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2022
  • No, and this is likely a dishonest, rather than an honest, mistake.
    — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Free speech is shot, because the press is very dishonest, very dishonest.
    — NBC News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Some of the points raised against this proposal are so dishonest as to beggar belief.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Higher-ups and colleagues see through the charade as dishonest.
    — Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
  • The important thing here is that the leak was destructive and dishonest and wrong.
    — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 6 May 2022
  • Nothing about it feels the least bit real, but nothing about it feels dishonest either.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Chaudhry claims that the woman involved was being dishonest about her version of events.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2023
  • What a selfish, dishonest question, one asked as if the answer weren’t staring us straight in the face.
    — Matthew Desmond, The New York Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Cassavetes as Guy is a young man on the make—dishonest, privileged, mean.
    — Rich Cohen, WSJ, 23 May 2018
  • That’s not because people are dishonest.
    — Gerald J. Leonard, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
  • No, it was done to protect dishonest businesses.
    — U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
  • When will Dobbs write an opinion column on the dishonest news media and reporters?
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2017
  • Dirty tricks like these dishonest mail pieces distorting the record of Bruce Maloch.
    — Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 6 Dec. 2020

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