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How to use hypocritical in a sentence

15 example sentences · adjective

Hypocritical means characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite. Example: “Jamie's always preaching about how we need to save a planet when she drives literally everywhere she goes. Like, hypocritical much?”

Examples of hypocritical by meaning

adjectiveCharacterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite.

  • The British Empire was in a somewhat-hypocritical position when it came to slavery.2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 1:33 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron, archived from the original on 29 Nov...

More sentences with hypocritical

  • Jamie's always preaching about how we need to save a planet when she drives literally everywhere she goes. Like, hypocritical much?From the entry much
  • And finally I would rivalmance Anders by being a hypocritical mage that supported the templars.2017 December 17, IntoTheCosmo, Reddit. From the entry rivalmance
  • Anyone seen as being antipot is now considered to be ignorant, oppressive, and hypocritical.2003, Timmen L. Cermak, Marijuana: what's a parent to believe?, page 72. From the entry antipot
  • "Of course it would be hypocritical for me to pretend that I regret what Abraham did.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 50”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC. From the entry score
  • Crooked law enforcement, corrupt lawmakers, dirty-handed and hypocritical adjudicators and other miscellaneous murky state and Federal government officials.2014, Vance Munraff, Sounds Like Paradise, →ISBN. From the entry dirty-handed
  • Brann took obvious relish in directing his stinging attacks upon institutions and persons he considered to be hypocritical or overly sanctimonious.2010 The Handbook of Texas Online, William Cowper Brann, Texas State Historical Association, Austin…. From the entry iconoclast
  • I find the whole Kerry argument regarding the Swift Boat Ads hypocritical and crybabyish as well as totally off point.2004 October 9, Jackie Martin, “Kerry hypocritical, crybabyish over Swift Boat ads”, in The Frederick News-Post. From the entry crybabyish
  • The hypocritical smugness of the English makes my blood boil.1915, Virginia Woolf, chapter 23, in The Voyage Out. From the entry make someone's blood boil
  • When it comes to the hypocritical lauding of the armed forces while simultaneously shafting them, no one does it better than this government.2014 March 18, John Hyde, “Help for Heroes? Not from this government”, in The Law Society Gazette, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2014. From the entry brass neck
  • Father Charles Owen Rice was not one to pull punches, particularly when it came to confronting what he viewed as hypocritical behavior among Catholics.2010, Kenneth J. Heineman, Catholic New Deal: Religion and Reform in Depression Pittsburgh, Penn State Press, →ISBN, page 75. From the entry pull punches
  • Was the federal government being underhanded and hypocritical in officially praising the merits of federalism, but in missing no opportunity to promote Canadian nationalism?2009, Alain-G. Gagnon, Contemporary Canadian Federalism, →ISBN. From the entry underhanded
  • We think it’s about time for the hypocritical members of the parent-teacher click responsible for obsolete standards and regulations to wake up and die right!2004, National Lampoon, edited by Scott Rubin, Sean Crespo, and Mason Brown, National Lampoon's Big Book of Love, →ISBN, →OCLC. From the entry wake up and die right
  • Parents were critical of the Urduization policy, which they saw as hypocritical, and preferred sending their children to English medium private schools.2002, Samuel Gyasi Obeng, Beverly Hartford, Political Independence with Linguistic Servitude: The Politics about Languages in the…. From the entry Urduization
  • There is no reason to think that the enlivening possible blemish was his hypocritical show of repentance, since there are so many other candidate blemishes to choose among.2008, Annette Baier, Death and Character: Further Reflections on Hume, page 46. From the entry blemish

Meaning of hypocritical

  1. adjective Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite.

Full definition of hypocritical

Questions about hypocritical in a sentence

How do you use hypocritical in a sentence?
Hypocritical is used as an adjective. For example: “Jamie's always preaching about how we need to save a planet when she drives literally everywhere she goes. Like, hypocritical much?”
What is a short sentence with hypocritical?
“The hypocritical smugness of the English makes my blood boil.”
What does hypocritical mean?
Hypocritical means characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite.

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