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How to use hypocrite in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun

Hypocrite means someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs. Example: “He's a liar, swindler, and hypocrite—a scoundrel of the first water.”

Examples of hypocrite by meaning

nounSomeone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed...

  • Wiencek, who sees him as a sort of fallen angel who comes to slavery only after discovering how profitable it could be, seem willing to confront the ugly truth: the third president was a creepy, brutal hypocrite.2012 November 30, Paul Finkelman, “The Real Thomas Jefferson: The Monster of Monticello”, in New York Times

More sentences with hypocrite

  • He's a liar, swindler, and hypocrite—a scoundrel of the first water.From the entry first water
  • What a hypocrite! He talks big about law and order but then he'll also wave an embargoed Cuban in your face!From the entry Cuban
  • Alicole are both hypocrites, I was shouting at my screen in disbelief.2024 June 16, wildwood1q84, Reddit. From the entry Alicole
  • It wont make your tradlarp less cringe but at least you’ll be less of a hypocrite.2021 September 4, u/78zrVckw39rF7332J8Z9, “Consoom politics through trite superhero references”, in Reddit, r/Consoom. From the entry tradlarp
  • We then systematically study hypocrite commits, including identifying immature vulnerabilities and potential vulnerability-introducing minor patches.2021, Qiushi Wu, Kangjie Lu, “On the feasibility of stealthily introducing vulnerabilities in open-source software via hypocrite commits”…. From the entry hypocrite commit
  • Greta Thunberg has blasted politicians as hypocrites and international climate summits as empty words and greenwash.2020 November 9, Damian Carrington, “‘Hypocrites and greenwash’: Greta Thunberg blasts leaders over climate crisis”, in the Guardian…. From the entry greenwash
  • We have actually contrived to invent a new kind of hypocrite.1910, G. K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World, Chapter 1, part 3. From the entry worldly
  • We also identify multiple factors that can increase the stealthiness of hypocrite commits and render the patch-review process less effective.2021, Qiushi Wu, Kangjie Lu, “On the feasibility of stealthily introducing vulnerabilities in open-source software via hypocrite commits”…. From the entry hypocrite commit
  • Probably it was the news of a Republican hypocrite gloryholer.2007 August 29, John H. Fisher, “GIVE 'EM HELL, HARRY!!!" - YOU, TOO, CAN TAKE A STAND!!=:)”, in austin.general (Usenet). From the entry gloryholer
  • What hypocrites will be confronted with, in return for their hypocrisy, is a grievesome torment, both in this world and beyond.2004, Harun Yahya, The Hypocrite According To The Qur’an. From the entry grievesome
  • The film implies that the evangelist, as a type, is a fanatic, a sanctimonious prig, and ultimately a hypocrite.1996, Peter J. Conn, Pearl S. Buck: A Cultural Biography, →ISBN, page 149. From the entry evangelist
  • Maybe she was a hypocrite, but she promoted the old-fashioned morality of virginity and white weddings to her daughter.1989, Sandra K. Roades, Yesterday's Embers, page 152. From the entry white wedding
  • The new hypocrite is one whose aims are really religious, while he pretends that they are worldly and practical.1910, G. K. Chesterton, What's Wrong with the World, Chapter 1, part 3. From the entry worldly
  • Would a Chadband, a deliberate hypocrite, have achieved the stern self-abandonment with which he now set himself to readjust Edward Albert's affairs?1941, H. G. Wells, You Can't Be Too Careful. From the entry Chadband
  • I have always considered "Pascal's Wager" a questionable bet to place, since any God worth believing in would prefer an honest agnostic to a calculating hypocrite.2001 October 17, Alan Dershowitz, Letters to a Young Lawyer, New York: Basic Books, →ISBN, →OL, page 194. From the entry Pascal's wager
  • You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.1995, New American Standard Bible: Matthew 7, 3 - 5. From the entry log
  • There are too many disagreeable officers, the food smells too often like garbage, and hypocrites are too hypocrital for the book to be a fair portrayal of life.1923, John Trevena, Seamen's Journal, California State Library, page 19. From the entry overintensity

Meaning of hypocrite

  1. noun Someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.

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Questions about hypocrite in a sentence

How do you use hypocrite in a sentence?
Hypocrite is used as a noun. For example: “He's a liar, swindler, and hypocrite—a scoundrel of the first water.”
What is a short sentence with hypocrite?
“Probably it was the news of a Republican hypocrite gloryholer.”
What does hypocrite mean?
Hypocrite means someone who practices hypocrisy, who pretends to hold beliefs, or whose actions are not consistent with their claimed beliefs.

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