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verb

dissemble

CEFR C2

to conceal one's true motives or feelings

In a sentence

Six example sentences with dissemble, each labelled with its topic.

  • Witnesses who dissemble on the stand usually give themselves away by answering a simple question far too carefully.

    Law

  • The narrator dissembles for two hundred pages, and only the final letter reveals what he wanted from the family.

    Literature

  • Children learn to dissemble around age four, smiling at a disappointing gift because they expect the giver to watch.

    Psychology

  • A candidate who dissembles about the deficit in the debate will hear the numbers again the next morning.

    Politics

  • In social deduction games the traitor must dissemble all evening, voting out innocent players with a straight face.

    Gaming

  • The supplier dissembled about the delay for weeks, blaming weather until a customer visited the idle factory.

    Business

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