had dissembled
- past perfect of dissemble.
Example Sentences
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A lawyer said he had dissembled in his handling of a case.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2018
Leroy even believed that Descartes had dissembled his real opinion.
From Selected Essays by Stenning, H. J.
Others had lied to him; he had dissembled with himself.
From The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million by Henry, O.
To be so promptly roused, his suspicions must have been but half-asleep; and since then, no doubt, if she and Darrow had dissembled, so had he.
From The Reef by Wharton, Edith
Then it was he again swore to his friend Page he would be true to her memory, even though she had dissembled.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen by Hubbard, Elbert