Wondering how to use Hypocritical in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as insincere.
Hypocritical meaning
Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite.
Synonyms of Hypocritical
Using Hypocritical
- The main meaning on this page is: Characterized by hypocrisy or being a hypocrite.
- Useful related words include: insincere.
- In the example corpus, hypocritical often appears in combinations such as: is hypocritical, and hypocritical, as hypocritical.
Context around Hypocritical
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 4 middle, 13 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hypocritical
- In this selection, "hypocritical" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, arrogant, pritzker, comically, double, stance and moments stand out and add context to how "hypocritical" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include almost comically hypocritical about the and an arrogant hypocritical and declining. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hypocritical" sits close to words such as architectures, atv and bader, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hypocritical
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
All great powers are hypocritical. (5 words)
Lavoie calls the ban hypocritical. (5 words)
Here are 5 of his worst hypocritical moments. (8 words)
So, when a letter to the editor refers sarcastically to my peers at North Beach as "UVM's premier student ecoists (sic)," the author is relying on a well-worn trope: the idealistic, yet hypocritical, college kid. (37 words)
Notably, both their arcs centered on the challenges immigrants face in the societies they want to be a part of and the hypocritical lengths people will go to stop them. (30 words)
Therefore, when you cite Harvard’s “commitment to free expression,” in supporting the protesters, it rings false and hypocritical to the university at large and the Jewish community in particular. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
All great powers are hypocritical.
American officials say Mr. Wang and other Chinese officials want to help Mr. Putin confront what they view as an arrogant, hypocritical and declining United States.
Any “hypocritical double standards” could only implicate others, never absolve Thomas — at least without invoking the “well, Jamie’s mom let’s her do it” doctrine.
But Keith Brin, chair of the Lake County Republicans, called Pritzker hypocritical on the issue.
But there is something almost comically hypocritical about the establishment’s shocked reaction to the January 2021 failed putsch which he is accused of inciting.
Chowdhury said it was Mamata who was being hypocritical.
Following the announcement that they would be doing business with the Saudi Arabian officials behind LIV, people bashed the PGA Tour for their dishonest, hypocritical stance.
For oil-producing nations in Africa, Western demands for a fossil fuel phase-out seem not only hypocritical — but apocalyptic.
Here are 5 of his worst hypocritical moments.
I’ve always thought there were hypocritical contradictions running through This Morning.
I’ve decided it’s hypocritical to worry about declining insect numbers – and murder the fat flies that blunder into my office then smash themselves repeatedly against the window.
Khloe, who has been open about undergoing a butt lift said, “About butt surgery, I think Nigerians are being just hypocritical about it.
Lavoie calls the ban hypocritical.
McCarthy also pointed out that questions of security were hypocritical because CNN exposed the secret location members were taken to that day.
Meanwhile, one parent said it was somewhat hypocritical for schools to be discouraging use of phones and social media while themselves having their own Facebook and Instagram pages.
Notably, both their arcs centered on the challenges immigrants face in the societies they want to be a part of and the hypocritical lengths people will go to stop them.
Others defended the menu item though, with one writing: "If you guys eat meat, but detach yourselves from the fact it’s a dead animal, it’s hypocritical really.
So, when a letter to the editor refers sarcastically to my peers at North Beach as "UVM's premier student ecoists (sic)," the author is relying on a well-worn trope: the idealistic, yet hypocritical, college kid.
Tallent, meanwhile, implied that many critics of the Mulvaney-Bud Light brand partnership were being hypocritical.
Therefore, when you cite Harvard’s “commitment to free expression,” in supporting the protesters, it rings false and hypocritical to the university at large and the Jewish community in particular.
Common combinations with hypocritical
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- is hypocritical 22×
- and hypocritical 14×
- as hypocritical 12×
- hypocritical to 10×
- hypocritical for 10×
- hypocritical and 9×
- be hypocritical 9×
- the hypocritical 8×
- being hypocritical 6×
- hypocritical that 6×