How to Use fake in a Sentence

fake

1 of 3 adjective
  • That blood is clearly fake.
  • He was wearing a fake mustache.
  • None of that makes the project fake.
    — Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • The fake cough is a nice touch.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
  • And the fake pan flute still hits.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
  • That’s the thing, this isn’t fake.
    — Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Hence all these fake co-signs of late.
    — Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2026
  • One set of bones turned out to be fake.
    — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 4 Sep. 2025
  • So will a fake wasp nest keep wasps away?
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
  • The fake fans didn't slow them and no lead was safe.
    — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
  • The telltale mark of a fake tan?
    — Deanna Pai, Glamour, 6 June 2026
  • The fake idol at tribal is gone.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
  • And so fake returns is one area.
    — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The posting turned out to be fake.
    — Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But the agents dismissed it as fake.
    — Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025
  • And the nerve of those fake news outlets!
    — Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Who are these fake podcasts for?
    — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Then there are the fake networks.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 June 2026
  • Desktop bright in the fake light.
    — Scott Stossel, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2025
  • And also, my fake face looks like her fake face.
    — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 15 Jan. 2026
  • No, those ones on its fake tree must be plastic.
    — Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
  • And only the fake news could come up with that one.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • And only the fake news could come up with that one.
    — Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2026
  • If it isn’t listed, that ad may be fake.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
  • But in the fog of war the stakes go beyond fake news.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The essence has to do with the creation of fake names.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • But the mood at the fake store was laid-back, happy.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026
  • Midway through the song, fake snow even fell across the stage.
    — Brian Anthony Hernandez, Peoplemag, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Five punts and a turnover on downs, coming on the fake punt.
    — Hunter Bailey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Oct. 2025
  • This is the largest amount of fake blood ever used in a movie?
    — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 4 Feb. 2026

fake

2 of 3 noun
  • That first episode is a clever fake-out.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Now, the era of cheap fakes is ending.
    — Nadav Ziv, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • There have been head fakes—there always are.
    — Bob Haber, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The job in Hong Kong was a fake.
    — Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Genuine dolls have nine, while fakes may vary.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Those fakes opened my eyes to the bona fide world of synthetics.
    — Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The opening sequence nods to deep fakes.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
  • The people trying to sell us fakes tend to come in at the end of the day.
    — Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Its Orbs are meant to divine the real from the fake.
    — Will Gottsegen, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
  • People may just give up on trying to sort the real from the fake.
    — Nick Dothée, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Dupe culture leans into a sort of pride that embraces the fake.
    — Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
  • But what many presumed to be a fake turned out to be a genuine likeness.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
  • All three of these erroneous features were present in some of the fakes.
    — Jordan Michael Smith, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
  • And what happens to someone who’s been outed like that, as a fake?
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 July 2026
  • The main goal isn't to catch fakes but to move inventory.
    — Padmakumar Nair, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • However, the flood of fakes shows no sign of slowing.
    — Haicen Yang, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Trump has since suggested the recording is a fake.
    — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • But Skylar’s been around this league a long time to know the fake from the real.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Brooks Peck put together a guide to the art of spotting a fake.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 25 May 2026
  • Journalists are under threat from deep fakes.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Fernandes had been aware of the spread of the digital fakes for years.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The collectibles market is flooded with fakes.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026
  • However, not all is lost, and the fossil is not a complete fake.
    — David Bressan, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Many still remain up, and a deluge of new graphic fakes have since appeared.
    — Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 25 Jan. 2024
  • But that didn't explain why the sloppy fakes existed in the first place.
    — Padmakumar Nair, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • Once word got out about the reports in Ohio, so did the obvious fakes.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
  • This Biden story might briefly fool a reader, though is soon revealed to be a fake.
    — James Vincent, The Verge, 2 May 2023
  • Only Murray didn’t bite on the fake, swatting the ball away with his left hand.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The first fake came on the first series of the game from their own 20 on fourth-and-10.
    — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Young took four dribbles and gave Brown just enough of a shoulder fake to keep him off balance.
    — Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2023

fake

3 of 3 verb
  • But con men fake their deaths all the time.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2025
  • And no one can fake it (though many try).
    — Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • Claude should not say the moon landing was faked.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
  • That's something that can't be faked.
    — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026
  • Kennard faked a shot and whipped a pass back to James.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • And those who fake their own deaths usually get caught.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Rossi skated in from the right, faked a move, then fired a wrist shot top shelf.
    — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The language itself is easy to fake.
    — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • Those answers are much harder to fake.
    — Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • That’s harder to fake than a photo.
    — William Jones, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
  • That purpose, that drive, that self-belief can’t be faked.
    — Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The big one is faking injuries.
    — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • How did Ryan Borgwardt fake his death?
    — Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Bertuzzi cut to the net, faked wide and drove home the puck for his fourth goal of the season.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The stars of the Naked Gun weren’t faking their fun.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
  • But faking photos has never been so fast and cheap.
    — Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026
  • The accent is the new six-pack — only harder to fake.
    — Remy Blumenfeld, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Wisconsin doesn't have a crime on the books for faking a death.
    — Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Wisconsin doesn't have a crime on the books for faking a death.
    — Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 8 Dec. 2025
  • To fake the airbrush vibe, grab a makeup sponge and dap on the polish.
    — Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 20 Feb. 2026
  • On 3rd-and-5, Maye took the snap and faked the handoff.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • It can be used as a primer, highlighter, or to fake a bronzed complexion.
    — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 21 May 2026
  • Stan had faked his death in a fire, abandoning his wife and two children.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
  • How did Amanda fake her cancer?
    — Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
  • On a third-and-6, Cincinnati will fake a quick screen to Chase.
    — Lance Reisland, cleveland, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Oregon successfully faked a punt on fourth down in the first half.
    — Charles Odum, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
  • After faking a slap shot, Kucherov had sent a pass down to Guentzel.
    — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Stop faking, trying to drive to get that next best possible shot.
    — Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But there have been wealthy individuals who fake their own death.
    — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 24 July 2023
  • The difference is that the inputs are harder to fake.
    — Parry Headrick, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

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