Example sentences for: phonies

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

  • The problem, you see, is that Hollywood phonies aim movies at teen-aged boys.

  • Prudie is somewhat hopeful on this score, having recently seen some cell phonies remove themselves to the sidelines, as it were, at the ring of the bell.

  • She and her second husband, Tom Arnold, himself a former meatpacker, built themselves a mansion in Iowa to escape the L.A. phonies.

  • Like all these shows, Crossfire often falls for spin, serves the establishment, legitimizes phonies, and in general misses the point completely.

  • In the increasingly cynical world of big-time sports--which are businesses that try to pretend they're just games, peopled by too many phonies who get passed off as heroes--the U.S. women were precisely what they appeared to be: An authentic team.


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