Example Sentences
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After an overconfident miller fibs that his daughter can spin straw into gold, a greedy king locks the poor girl in a room full of straw.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026
But Ulman has strung together a net of interesting observations: glances, insults, mistaken presumptions and gaslighting fibs.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025
It boils down to a few fibs, really.
From Salon • Dec. 2, 2023
This advisedly clunky emphasis on fibs and their detection is something of a Johnson trademark.
From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2023
The only difference between her fibs and mine are that hers are eerie—she’s got a gift for saying things that make you anxious.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
