FAKE in a Sentence

Learn FAKE from example sentences, some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

For FAKE, below is one of 18 sentences:
In the movie, the two thieves try to discover whether the banknotes are fakes or the real McCoy, with hilarious results.

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 Meanings and Examples of FAKE
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fake
 n.  imitation; counterfeit; having a false or misleading appearance
Classic Sentence:
1  Damn nuisance, though, having to fake up excuses.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
2  It was a call for a hundred laborers, and though he thought it was a "fake," he went because the place was near by.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
3  Thousands of them came to Chicago answering advertisements for "servants" and "factory hands," and found themselves trapped by fake employment agencies, and locked up in a bawdy-house.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
4  A full half of these were "fakes," put in by the endless variety of establishments which preyed upon the helpless ignorance of the unemployed.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
Example Sentence:
1  You can easily fake up an excuse to avoid going out with him.
2  The bank manager is said to have issued fake certificates.
3  I fake a smile because I don't want you to worry about what I'm feeling.
4  To an expert eye, the painting is an obvious fake.
5  The fake was barely distinguishable from the original painting.
6  The painting was judged a fake.
7  Experts revealed that the painting was a fake.
8  The teapot looked old but was a recent fake.
9  The Nigerian Football Association says it all began with a fake advertisement posted on a website, purporting to be from its Chairman, inviting foreign managers to apply to be the new national team coach.
10  The Football Association says it all began with a fake advertisement on a website, inviting foreign managers to be the new national team coach.
11  The fake cakes made to look freshly iced in pastel shades sit under glass displays.
12  He reports almost 16,000 incidents of fake notes in the first three months of 2006, a staggering 92 percent increase compared to the same period a year ago.
13  In the movie, the two thieves try to discover whether the banknotes are fakes or the real McCoy, with hilarious results.
14  The dealer was trying to pass off fakes as valuable antiques.