How to Use untruthful in a Sentence

untruthful

adjective
  • To say that there’s been one moment that’s impressed me more than others that would be untruthful.
    — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Gabbie’s video paints an untruthful picture of what happened.
    — Luke Winkie, Vulture, 30 June 2021
  • Depp’s legions of online fans have focused on their belief that Heard has been untruthful.
    — Staff and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 2 June 2022
  • Still, the judge noted that being present and untruthful wasn't enough to support a conviction.
    — Jacques Billeaud, The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Biased, drunk, untruthful The current list was compiled by top aides to Williams.
    — Mark Fazlollah, Philly.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Gai was untruthful about his contact with the deputies that day and tried to hide his role in the decision, authorities say.
    — Drew Broach, NOLA.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • There have been quite a few episodes where your research shows that the convicted has likely been untruthful with their own family.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Holley, in the wake of the lawsuit, called the allegations untruthful.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
  • In fact, the untruthful gossip may have been one of the main reasons that the makeup mogul kept her pregnancy private from the public eye.
    — refinery29.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Trump, of course, was rude, untruthful, and excessively, if not quite so egregiously, long-winded in his first term, too.
    — Susan B. Glasser, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Had the board discovered Williams was untruthful, members could have used this as a reason to deny his license.
    — Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Libel suits filed against a regular person can succeed merely if the statements are proven untruthful.
    — oregonlive, 7 July 2022
  • Other details, such as her claim that Castile had his hands up when he was shot, also were untruthful, Gray told the jury.
    — Sarah Horner, Twin Cities, 12 June 2017
  • The child abuse pediatrician said the claims in the post, which mirrored those on the fundraising page, were also untruthful.
    — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Whether Comey's answer was untruthful may turn on the question of authorization.
    — Glenn Kessler, chicagotribune.com, 18 Mar. 2018
  • Michael Wolff is a total loser who made up stories in order to sell this really boring and untruthful book.
    — CBS News, 6 Jan. 2018
  • Haley was also found to be untruthful in his narrative of Nichols' arrest, the documents said.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Kardashian late Monday addressed the tape and said Swift was being untruthful.
    — NBC News, 23 Mar. 2020
  • Our choice is the person who says the most outrageous, offensive and untruthful things, or the person who is subjected to those insults and lies.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
  • However, one lens of criticism on the Left has involved unfair and untruthful smearing.
    — Adam M. Carrington, National Review, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Ravnsborg, who has said little about the crash, denied being untruthful in a brief interview in February.
    — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Then-Chief Danielle Outlaw didn’t agree that Hollins was untruthful and instead demoted him.
    — oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Police allege that many of the statements Brian gave after his wife’s disappearance were untruthful.
    — Anisha Kohli, Time, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Bolsonaro made the untruthful claims in a live video broadcast on multiple social media platforms in October.
    — Juliana Kochs, CNN, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Look, the World Health Organization made all sorts of- of un-untruthful or misinformed claims about this virus.
    — CBS News, 21 Feb. 2021
  • But mainly, some moms and dads feel quite strongly that involving Santa in their Christmas traditions amounts to being untruthful with their kids.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Martin was found to be untruthful in the police investigation, according to the documents.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 8 Feb. 2023
  • This is totally inaccurate, untruthful and does not reflect the values of New Orleans.
    — Kevin Litten, NOLA.com, 20 Jan. 2018
  • King suggested the defense attorney was being untruthful.
    — Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The work’s true—untruthful—nature was known to only a handful of people at Magnum and Gost, Bendiksen’s publisher.
    — Tom Simonite, Wired, 6 Oct. 2021

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