sham
noun
something that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
shammed
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past participleof sham.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof sham.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
shamnounsomething that is not what it purports to be; a spurious imitation; fraud or hoax.
Example Sentences
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I don’t feel like I got shammed or look like a fool.
From Slate ● Jul. 19, 2018
In fact, half of his sickness was shammed.
From Raiding with Morgan by Byron A. (Byron Archibald) Dunn
It is useless to assert that all these men were hypocrites, that they shammed religion, that they used it as a bait to catch the unwary.
From The Hearts of Men by H. (Harold) Fielding
“So—ye are not believing me—” Patsy shammed a solemn, grieved look.
From Seven Miles to Arden by Ruth Sawyer
It was just through my simplicity, and I never have shammed a fit on purpose in my life.
From The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
