Examples of 'half-truth' in a sentence
Meaning of "half-truth"
Half-truth: a statement that is partially true but intended to be misleading by omitting important information
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- A deceptive statement, especially one that is only partly true, is incomplete, misrepresents reality by telling part of the truth, or alters the time sequence of truths.
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This statement is a half-truth and misleading.
But this was a carefully crafted half-truth.
He was broken by a half-truth a distorted truth.
Somebody is telling a little white half-truth.
A half-truth is often more dangerous than a lie.
This is a perfect example of a half-truth lie.
A lie that is half-truth is the darkest of all lies.
This statement is a manipulation and a half-truth.
Half-truth is far more dangerous than a direct lie.
This is another false dilemma or a half-truth.
A half-truth is a deceptive statement that includes some element of truth.
This is also another instance of half-truth.
In many instances a half-truth is the worst enemy of the truth.
He just twists it a little by making it a half-truth.
You probably heard that a half-truth can be worse than a lie.
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I see you are too intelligent to accept a half-truth.
A person deceived by a half-truth considers the proposition to be knowledge and acts accordingly.
I would rather hear no truth than a half-truth.
He has not met a half-truth he was unwilling to let fall from his lips.
Prosperity theology is built on a half-truth.
The best way to fight a half-truth is not to replace it with another one.
I take a sip of water and tell a half-truth.
This is kind of a half-truth and I will explain why.
Anyone can fall prey to a lie or a half-truth.
A pious and poisonous half-truth that I believed for most of my life.
There was nothing altruistic in these half-truth confessions.
A half-truth would have to do for now.
They do not have to fight a lie but a half-truth.
Guess and a half-truth are not news.
What we are realizing is that promise might have been a half-truth.
I should at least one Create half-truth from the world.
He who is moderate in announcing the truth is presenting half-truth.
But the absence of trade-offs is a dangerous half-truth that managers must unlearn.
The myth that these young collectors are extremely heeled is a half-truth.
We know that propaganda is often a non-truth or half-truth being put forward as a truth.
Often embarrassment or shame will cause children to wriggle out of something by telling a half-truth.
The claim to know the whole will always be a half-truth or a complete falsehood.
But they always consist of undue concentration upon some one truth or half-truth.
A curious answer from one who taught me that a half-truth is the worst kind of lie.
A half-truth is a whole lie.
The problem with middle ground is it becomes half-Truth.
Let me hear the half-truth first.
That technology can reach almost anywhere is a half-truth.
That was a half-truth in all honesty.
He had to put him off with some half-truth.
I love your half-truth answers.
Statistics are a highly logical and precise method for saying a half-truth inaccurately.
Of course it did . it 's a half-truth that she has thoroughly embraced.
No doubt there is some truth to that but a half-truth is a lie.
Just as a half-truth is a lie, then half obedience is disobedience.
