fibbing
- present participle of fib.
Example Sentences
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Some people say they've resorted to fibbing about illnesses, emigration or even prison sentences so the company will stop trying to keep them signed up.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2026
Stunned by her blatant fibbing, I backed off.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 21, 2026
By the way, they also confess to occasionally fibbing about “overqualificiations” to spare job applicants’ egos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
The agency accused Musk of fibbing to manipulate his company's stock prices.
From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2024
“And anyway, I don’t care what you say. I think it’s true what she told me about the elephant. She’s not fibbing, she’s not making it up, I know she isn’t. I can tell.”
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
