How to Use polygraph in a Sentence

polygraph

noun

• They hooked him up to the polygraph and began the test.
• She was asked to take a polygraph.
• Kogut agreed to come in and take a polygraph test.
  — Mary Murphy, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
• Sanders failed three polygraphs; some of his friends failed, too.
  — CBS News, 25 Mar. 2019
• And about that polygraph test that Jason was said to have failed?
  — David Begnaud, CBS News, 25 Mar. 2023
• The polygraph is voodoo science.
  — New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
• But that soldier passed a polygraph test and had been cleared by the Army.
  — Andrea Estes, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2022
• This would start with the polygraph test and therapist’s notes, and go back 36 years.
  — WSJ, 15 Oct. 2018
• But this was his first White Marlin Open and his first polygraph.
  — Ben Finley, Houston Chronicle, 16 Dec. 2017
• At least two other men were given polygraph tests in connection with the crime.
  — Dallas News, 22 Sep. 2020
• Hern denied the allegations and passed a polygraph test, so charges were not filed at that time.
  — oregonlive, 12 June 2020
• Vance agreed to take a polygraph test, but then didn't show up for the interview, detectives said.
  — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2024
• Ronald passed a polygraph test and maintained his innocence, the bulletin read.
  — David Chiu, People.com, 2 May 2025
• Norma was interviewed quite a few times … One of the things that she was asked to do is take a polygraph.
  — CBS News, 13 June 2017
• Pino also was scheduled to take a polygraph test but did not appear for it, the affidavit says.
  — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 12 Aug. 2023
• The table starts wondering how polygraphs work.
  — Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
• Always testing the bona fides of friends, like the hipster equivalent of a polygraph.
  — Ian Penman, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
• The stories of a half-dozen staffers who’d been subjected to hours-long polygraphs spread inside the agency.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2026
• The outlet reported that the staffer was put on leave and asked to sit for a polygraph test and to give up her personal phone.
  — Michael Nied, People.com, 28 Mar. 2025
• Bob Atrops hired a lawyer a week after Debe's body was found and declined to take a polygraph.
  — Sarah Prior, CBS News, 25 Jan. 2026
• But Forrester later recanted, and failed polygraph tests — and no charges were filed.
  — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
• There are moments of spark here, as when Owen attempts to coach Max through tricking a polygraph test.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 16 Dec. 2022
• O’Neill said Culver volunteered to take a polygraph and passed it.
  — oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2019
• After 2 years of interviews and testing, the last step was a routine polygraph test.
  — Douglas Starr, Science | AAAS, 5 Aug. 2021
• Days later, David Wiley was given a polygraph test.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
• The Raiders’ guy reportedly passed a polygraph test, the 49ers’ guy flunked a drug test.
  — Dwight Perry / Sideline Chatter, The Seattle Times, 5 May 2017
• Schrader was one of a few suspects in the case, but passed a polygraph test and then left abruptly for Florida.
  — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
• The process can include jumping through a number of hoops, from a background check to a polygraph test, depending on the tier.
  — Juliana Kim, NPR, 8 Feb. 2025
• But Washington passed a polygraph test and the case sat dormant for several years.
  — John Annese, New York Daily News, 22 May 2026
• His polygraph bluff gave McCarthy an excuse to storm out of the proceedings.
  — Larry Tye, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2020