DISHONEST in a Sentence

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For DISHONEST, below is one of 15 sentences:
I have no money to pay my bill, but I am not a dishonest man; I leave behind me as a pledge this pin, worth ten times the amount.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISHONEST
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
dishonest
 a.  deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud
 a.  being corrupted
Classic Sentence:
1  That would be dishonest, that would be false, that would be deceiving myself and others.
Anna Karenina 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 3: Chapter 13
2  "Making profit by dishonest means, by trickery," said Levin, conscious that he could not draw a distinct line between honesty and dishonesty.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 11
3  But you have not drawn the line between honest and dishonest work.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 11
4  And since a man combining all the qualifications was not to be found, it was at least better that the post be filled by an honest than by a dishonest man.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 7: Chapter 17
5  I have no money to pay my bill, but I am not a dishonest man; I leave behind me as a pledge this pin, worth ten times the amount.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 98. The Bell and Bottle Tavern.
6  People had said he was brutal and sneering and bad mannered and even dishonest.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVII
7  His men were idle and dishonest, the fields were full of weeds, the buildings wanted roofing, the hedges were neglected, and the animals were underfed.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter II
8  Well, yes, to abstract a name and to place oneself under it is dishonest.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER I—THE SEVENTH CIRCLE AND THE EIGHTH HEAVEN
9  And indeed it was a foolish thing, as well as dishonest, to hoard up more than he could make use of.
Second Treatise of Government By John Locke
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
Example Sentence:
1  This has the advantage that the cases referred to will be brought within the single concept of dishonest appropriation.
2  It would be dishonest not to present the data as fairly as possible.
3  Guy was greedy, amoral and dishonest.
4  The dishonest manager defrauded the company of millions of pounds.
5  The dishonest manager was cashiered at last.
6  He's been dishonest in his dealings with us/about his past.