How to Use falsity in a Sentence

falsity

noun
  • But there's more to this falsity that pops up again and again.
    — Arlene Martinez, USA TODAY, 12 June 2020
  • And since a libel case requires proof of falsity, their case was doomed.
    — Jack Greiner, Cincinnati.com, 22 June 2017
  • In many cases, the boundary between truth and falsity is blurred.
    — Star Tribune, 17 Feb. 2021
  • This problem—call it the falsity of the screen—has also posed a problem in fiction.
    — Patrick Iber, The New Republic, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Repeating the methods of a claimant helps determine the truth or falsity of the claims.
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 1 Apr. 2017
  • There are other details in the Facebook post that also point to its falsity.
    — Emiliano Tahui Gómez, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Twenty years of high-stakes testing has demonstrated the falsity of that belief.
    — Diane Ravitch, The New Republic, 25 Feb. 2021
  • Lisal had strong opinions about the falsity of magic, and Marina was inclined to echo her.
    — cleveland, 19 Nov. 2019
  • What phenomenon of our time produces more falsity than any other?
    — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2022
  • We are trained in work, in the falsity of a secure future when there’s no such thing; we are not trained to keep asking how to make the most of our lives right now.
    — Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Outrage and falsity One thing is becoming clear.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026
  • It was eventually removed from the platform, but due to a copyright claim, not because of its falsity.
    — Donie O'Sullivan, CNN, 16 Sep. 2020
  • Caleb claimed a brand identity in his early career, but over time, that brand identity became a falsity.
    — Michael Polk, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2021
  • This is what’s missing from all the coverage of QAnon’s falsity and dangers.
    — Whitney Phillips, Wired, 24 Sep. 2020
  • No good comes out of it … having to hear all the blather and having to hear all the nonsense and the negativity and the falsities.
    — Kristine Phillips, Washington Post, 14 May 2017
  • The only way for the court to determine the falsity of that claim would be to litigate the teachings of the Temple.
    — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Davis also ruled on falsity, finding that the statements broadcast about Dominion were, in fact, false.
    — Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Fans eagerly debated the dispute, but that it was even volleyed gives credence to a cultural falsity.
    — Jason Parham, WIRED, 20 Apr. 2018
  • What’s at stake in this study is more than the truth or falsity of Foucault’s account of modern incarceration.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Absent clear and convincing evidence of falsity, the Campaign will have an uphill fight on this one.
    — Jack Greiner, Cincinnati.com, 1 Apr. 2020
  • This revealed the falsity of the situation.
    — Heidi Kleinsmith Salter, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Pick at the stories and legends built up over the long years of the global war on terrorism, and their utter falsity eventually comes to the fore.
    — Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
  • If artists allow their brand identity to be altered and turned into a falsity, their message inevitably becomes tainted and no longer true to what the artist believes.
    — Michael Polk, Rolling Stone, 2 July 2021
  • In response, community members are demanding answers from trustees at the meeting not only to find the kids, but to combat falsities.
    — Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2023
  • At work, he is revolted by the falsity of his colleagues and fixates on a sheet of random numbers, searching for combinations that might make sense of his predicament.
    — The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash did not correct falsities live on air.
    — Avery Lotz, Axios, 21 Sep. 2024
  • One of Bass’s achievements in Judgment at Tokyo is to expose the arbitrariness and falsity of any such boundaries.
    — Michael Washburn, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Maybe, if times weren’t so dire, the utter falsity of Lindell and Watkin’s narratives would be more readily apparent.
    — Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 13 Aug. 2021
  • That’s Hannah Arendt’s ideal subject, that person for whom the difference between truth and falsity no longer matters.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Facebook has come under fire in the past few weeks for allowing content creators like Jones to publish fake news, falsities, and hateful content freely on its platform.
    — Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, 6 Aug. 2018

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