How to Use untrue in a Sentence

untrue

adjective

• He made untrue statements to the press.
• Her lover had been untrue.
• The first—and best—way is to not make claims that are untrue.
  — Erica Brinker, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
• While the story is likely untrue, that doesn't stop the thing-a-lings.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 18 Feb. 2022
• The 21-year-old doesn’t blame her fans for falling for untrue videos, though.
  — Amanda Curran, Glamour, 3 Mar. 2023
• The claim was untrue, and soon the homesteading plan was riddled with problems.
  — New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022
• There are so many untrue claims that some people question the true ones.
  — Katie Robertson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• But to be honest, Fil’s prediction skills have proven to be untrue in the past.
  — oregonlive, 2 Feb. 2023
• The state claimed the evidence showed both statements were untrue.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 30 June 2023
• But Trump’s claim of a record being shattered is untrue.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2023
• The notion that trans girls are a threat or pose danger to cis girls is simply untrue.
  — Joanna Hoffman, SELF, 24 Aug. 2023
• The problem, observers say, is that many of Chega’s statements are untrue.
  — Catarina Fernandes Martins, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
• His show began a few months after the untrue statements aired on the network.
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• Simply claiming to have served in the military or to have won a medal, even if untrue, is not a crime.
  — Rebekah L. Sanders, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2022
• At least a portion of the information on the screenshot turned out to be untrue.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2023
• The picture that is being painted of me is ugly and untrue.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2022
• Kara-Murza was able to communicate to his lawyer that this is untrue.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 2 Feb. 2024
• The story of 1967, while not entirely untrue, is too pat.
  — Gregg Carlstrom, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2024
• Taking a closer look at this part of the ocean has shown us how profoundly untrue that is.
  — WIRED, 9 Dec. 2023
• It was based on things I was told that were untrue or, in some cases, true, but not meaningful.
  — Matt Novak, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
• The text message also claimed O'Neal lives in the Bahamas, which the law firm then determined to be untrue, the motion states.
  — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2023
• For anybody to say that the only way to build out of this crisis is to build anything, that is simply untrue.
  — Curbed, 23 Nov. 2022
• Ukraine and the West says these accusations are untrue.
  — Jim Heintz, ajc, 31 Dec. 2022
• Researchers used to think tinnitus was sound coming from the hair cells in the inner ear, but that was proven untrue.
  — Simon Hill, Wired, 1 Feb. 2022
• The state believes the evidence shows both statements were untrue.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 26 June 2023
• In a Times interview, the brothers say the report was mostly untrue.
  — New York Times, 29 Jan. 2024
• But again, for me and for my wife, of course, there's a lot of stuff that hurts — especially when the majority of it is untrue.
  — Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2023
• The problem with personalized medicine’s poster child is not that those things are untrue.
  — WIRED, 4 Sep. 2023
• The affidavit for the warrant to obtain his DNA claimed it was found near the body, which was untrue, a lie that Radner says might have kept it from the trial.
  — Neal Rubin, Detroit Free Press, 3 Mar. 2024
• To suggest that the U.S. cannot afford to fund the war against Russia, that somehow we are tapped out and compelled to take a loss in Ukraine, is flatly untrue.
  — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024