Words similar to phony

Example sentences for: phony

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

"It is we who have squandered the public trust, we who have time and again placed our personal or partisan interest before the national interest, earning the public's contempt with our poll-driven policies, our phony posturing, the lies we call spin.
Lamar Alexander's campaign never got off the ground because the American people can recognize a phony ("").
2) Clinton has the rhetorical grace to pull off such an apology in a way that doesn't seem phony (he'll blame it on his own big heart, his fierce desire not to hurt wife and child).
What a load of phony differences without distinctions!
For example, GlaxoSmithKline marketed paroxetine (Paxil) by promoting the previously obscure diagnosis of “social anxiety disorder” through phony support groups, celebrity spokespeople, a direct-to-consumer illness awareness campaign, and generous payments to key opinion leaders [22].