Example sentences for: deceit

How can you use “deceit” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • I had embarked on a life of deceit involving the names of nature's own flora and fauna.

  • But it almost simultaneously developed a secondary sense as a noun meaning nonsense, rubbish, a synonym for the more frequently used gammon , a British cant word for guile or deceit that the convicts brought with them and which also moved in the direction of nonsense or humbug.

  • In his speech last August, Clinton used weasel words and passive verbs to minimize his deceit.

  • It quoted Dick Morris, the president's former special adviser, as saying the White House strategy in dealing with the Monica crisis was one of "deceit, denial and delay.

  • The more important concessions, however, were 1) Liggett's admission that the industry had consciously marketed tobacco to minors (which will increase congressional support for stiff regulation of the industry) and 2) its release--temporarily blocked by a North Carolina court--of documents from strategy meetings among lawyers for the five biggest tobacco companies, which industry critics believe will prove a conspiracy of deceit.


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