hypocritically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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And she let colleagues, family and friends know that she welcomed their feedback in the future if they felt that she might be acting hypocritically.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2025
Hilariously and hypocritically, she orders Cady around with zero respect for the child’s free will.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2025
Explaining her "predator" comment, Caroline Kennedy alleged that "Bobby preys on the desperation of parents of sick children, vaccinating his own kids while building a following, hypocritically discouraging other parents from vaccinating theirs".
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025
“Such abuse of the law has no place in this court and is contrary to the law it hypocritically invokes.”
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2021
But when such come into the presence of coarse natures, that cannot guess the hidden gratitude and the dumb joy, they are forced to assume hypocritically not the feeling but the expression of it.
From The Invisible Lodge by Jean Paul
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