Phony used in a sentence

Phony in a sentence as a noun

It just happens quietly now, with a phony smile.

Now it's not just depressingly dull, it's also phony.

The salesman gave me this really phony pitch saying "I have to warn you, many people can't handle a car this fast.

Tesla previously accused BBC's Top Gear of airing a "phony" review and sued them.

And by all means do not get bullied or panicked into making up a phony reason for refusing to talk.

This one I agree with, but it sounds like a quirky error made by some engineer or perhaps phony UX consultant.

The data point that I'd find most interesting is how much debt was accumulated on the back of that phony wealth.

The US has installed enough dictatorships and phony democracies for me to think this is more likely.

Phony in a sentence as an adjective

Tim Ferris' completely phony 4-hour series provoked a similar reaction.

I'll give you pre-edit, but Apple does plenty of phony altruism and silly holy wars cloaked to hide their true profit based intentions.

And he is not buying the outrageously phony damage claims that Oracle is trying to foist upon this trial via its designated expert.

Those in power are the phony overly politically-correct types.

If I own the copyright, I'm not leaking, I'm releasing information!Maybe this is just a fancy new way for government officials to release phony "leaked" stories without attribution?

TFA: "If Uber employees intentionally diverted Gett drivers from legitimate business by making phony calls, that is an unfair business practice, illegal under California law," he said.

Years of linux kernel, theo de raadt/bsd, and grsec mailing list total rage and various IRC hacker/dev channel slamming of idiocy has hardened my skin and actually makes me thankful they are clear, concise and direct with their criticism instead of phony hand holding and passive aggressiveness.