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How to use hoax in a sentence

19 example sentences · verb, noun

Hoax means to deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated. Example: “The phone call to the police about a tiger in a tree turned out to be a hoax.”

Examples of hoax by meaning

nounAnything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

  • The phone call to the police about a tiger in a tree turned out to be a hoax.
  • The news story about the pop singer coming to town, unfortunately for his fans, turned out to be a hoax.

More sentences with hoax

  • The article should be speedy deleted, as a blatant and obvious hoax.From the entry speedy delete
  • He called the Epstein story a “hoax,” his go-to move for maximally damaging accusations.2025 November 22, David Frum, “Marjorie Taylor Greene Came So Close to Getting the Joke”, in The Atlantic. From the entry go-to
  • It was later found that the suspect device was a hoax and not a viable explosive.2014 August 3, Louise Kelly, Conor Feehan, “Suspect device found at shopping centre revealed as hoax”, in Irish Independent. From the entry device
  • More evidence the whole thing is a racket and a hoax.2011 January 11, Criminal Drivers Murder 35,000 Americans a Year, “Re: The Holocaust® Story Matters. Holocaust Survivors Do Not”, in…. From the entry holocash
  • "We can all drink a little Blog, and hoaxes won't affect us.1959, Terry Carr, Ron Ellik (as Carl Brandon), “The Witch”, in The BNF of Iz, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2013. From the entry blog
  • I was misenlightened, no doubt — made the victim, very possibly, of a trifling hoax.1910, Lady's Realm: An Illustrated Monthly Magazine - Volume 27, page 399. From the entry misenlightened
  • It had to be one of three things: A hoax.2021 January 24, Donald G. McNeil Jr, “Fauci on What Working for Trump Was Really Like”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry ricin
  • How about simply not notable, vandalism, hoax, etc?2015, Nathaniel Tkacz, Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness, →ISBN, page 59. From the entry speedy delete
  • Was it a bizarre hoax or joke?2010, Alex Boese, Hippo Eats Dwarf, page 123. From the entry spamouflage
  • Everyone knows the holocash is a hoax.2010 November 7, Speeders & Drunk Drivers Are Murderers, “Re: Radical Professor Denies the Holocaust”, in alt.revisionism (Usenet). From the entry holocash
  • The newest thing in finance had apparently fallen prey to one of the oldest investor hoaxes around – a classic pump-and-dump scheme.2021 September 13, Matthew Goldstein, Ephrat Livni, Michael Corkery, “Phony Walmart News Release Signals a Crypto Pump-and-Dump Scheme”…. From the entry pump and dump
  • By the second half of the 20th century, chain letters were ubiquitous enough to become a vector for scams, hoaxes, and viral lies.2020 January 24, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “The Divine Origins of the Horny Chain Text”, in The Atlantic. From the entry chain letter
  • Your pieces are amateur at best—at worst they are a commercial hoax—something you’d find at Kmart for the kids to take back to their dorms.2006, Mary Carter, chapter 27, in She’ll Take It, New York, N.Y.: Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 231. From the entry dribble
  • Last week the Archdiocese sent emmissaries to investigate the icon and decided that the tears were not a hoax, Father Koufos said.1986 December 22, “‘Weeping Virgin’ Icon Draws Throngs To Chicago”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2023. From the entry icon
  • It's not clear if the job ad is a hoax, a publicity stunt, or a genuine appeal to the young Putinophile with an eye for fashion statements and espionage.2016 August 30, Nick Miller, “Time to add some glamour to Russian espionage, unusual Raketa watch ad hints”, in The Sydney Morning Herald. From the entry Putinophile
  • Yes, story selection is often influenced by confirmation bias, but this hoax would have spread just as quickly if the data showed that Firefoxers were the dumbos.2012, Lyn Millner, “A Little Bird Told Me”, in Journal of Mass Media Ethics, volume 27, number 1, →DOI, page 60. From the entry Firefoxer
  • There is a clandestine international conspiracy behind these gnome-nappings, similar in scope and complexity to those organized to perform crop circle hoaxes and stage UFO sightings.2004, Marcus Mennes, Gnome & Garden: A Gnovelty Kit, →ISBN, page 44. From the entry gnome-napping

Meaning of hoax

  1. verb To deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.
  2. noun Anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick.

Full definition of hoax

Questions about hoax in a sentence

How do you use hoax in a sentence?
Hoax is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The phone call to the police about a tiger in a tree turned out to be a hoax.”
What is a short sentence with hoax?
“Everyone knows the holocash is a hoax.”
What does hoax mean?
Hoax means to deceive (someone) by making them believe something that has been maliciously or mischievously fabricated.

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