| 单词 | fibbing |
| 例句 | Any other day of my life I could have won a fibbing contest hands down, and that, that is what I came up with: the pathetic truth. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a kind of subconscious, schizophrenic fibbing, if you ask me, and if those parents don’t have guilt complexes, I don’t know who has. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z I used to be able to tell when she was fibbing, but lately I wasn’t so sure. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “She fell down the front steps when we were leaving,” I offered, returning to my natural fibbing habit. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s okay, Mom,” I comfort, fibbing to make her feel better. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Nan had a stockpile of quotes about lying, but I knew the situation called for more fibbing than usual, at least until I’d worked out what to do next. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “Not at all,” she said, but Barry could see she was fibbing. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, I’m aware of that,” she says, and decides not to argue with me about the content of our notes, even though she knows I’m fibbing. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z It was obvious to Roy that Beatrice was experienced at fibbing to grownups. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Here Roy let Beatrice take over the story, as she was more experienced at fibbing to adults. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t believe in lying—was against it in fact—but she also didn’t feel we should go around telling people things that would make them think we were fibbing. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Serves the little loudmouth right, I thought, fibbing on me like that. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z But since seeing the dead, Ophie had been lying a lot more often, and it was starting to get so that the truth was so unbelievable that fibbing seemed more honest in a way. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z We want to be told, with one proviso: absolutely no fibbing. Bedside reading: the naked truth 2010-04-02T13:30:00Z "I'm particularly thick," she tells Barry early on, obviously fibbing, and you do wonder why. The Arts Show | Radio head 2010-03-31T05:45:00Z Commencing with a cheerful explanation of how all of us are utterly alone in this world, Charlie Brooker turns to TV's treatment of love and how the "flickering fibbing machine" has misled us about romance. Tonight's TV highlights: A Farmer's Life For Me 2011-02-01T00:05:01Z "There are a lot of people that may feel this is just a little fibbing and not really a case and I get that," he wrote. Florida woman sues Kraft Heinz over microwave time for single-serving mac and cheese 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z Still, some observed no such bugs in their strawberries after taking the “challenge,” but that doesn’t necessarily mean the above TikTok users were fibbing. The 'Strawberry Challenge': TikTok users are extracting tiny bugs from fruit with saltwater, freaking out 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z “But technically, she has a cough, so yeah, I’m fibbing. I say ‘yes’ when it’s a different cough.” Fever? Sore Throat? They Just Check ‘No’ 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z In the strained voice of a parent fibbing to mollify a child he adds: "He's sleeping." Cult artist Marcel Dzama: 'I try not to censor myself' 2013-04-02T17:00:27Z Behind the outrageous interludes showcasing Robin using persuasive fibbing to guide her clients through every kind of extravagant embarrassment, she’s confronted with the pressures all women must face. Smart Watch: "Flack," "Whiskey Cavalier" and sex appeal of liars 2019-02-23T05:00:00Z Instead he's itching to figure out where he's going in life, a direction his brother Siegfried has gamed a bit by fibbing to him about the results of his veterinary exams. A worthy return for PBS' "All Creatures Great and Small" celebrates the value of the little things 2022-01-09T05:00:00Z She continues to withhold even as she’s admitted to the hospital, fibbing to her fellow patients and nurses about why she’s there. Hope Gained and Lost, in New Fiction From Around the World 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z “Finally, it was the Marines at 16, my pop fibbing my age to get me in.” Burt Young, ‘Rocky’ Actor Who Played Complex Tough Guys, Dies at 83 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z If so, I could live with a little fibbing. This Life: Act II for the Tooth Fairy ? This Life 2011-12-09T18:52:47Z Scholars say a certain amount of fibbing is socially acceptable — even necessary — to compete in the online dating culture. Online Dating as Scientific Research 2011-11-12T15:00:05Z Molly was tired of all the fibbing and back-tracking and endless fear that the secret of baby Jack's real paternity would out. TV review: Coronation Street 2010-12-06T21:01:00Z After Spock sends in an official report that exposes Kirk's fibbing, the rupture is worthy of a tycoon's divorce: Kirk, furious, is deprived of his command, while Spock is transferred elsewhere. Star Trek Into Darkness – review 2013-04-30T23:11:24Z When a pair of detectives show up to interview Victor, Pelecanos renders their exchange as screenplay dialogue, the better to show just how much Victor is fibbing to protect his interests. Book review: ‘The Martini Shot,’ by George Pelecanos 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z Sharon, for all the comparative innocence she displays at the opening of the book, proves a somewhat unreliable narrator, capable of fibbing to herself, and therefore to us. Review | Can a friendship between two cartoonists survive their own success? 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z "I don't think about it," she says, fibbing slightly. Amy Adams: punching above her weight 2011-01-23T00:05:05Z There are probably more people fibbing online than not. Online book reviews are fantastic ? trust me 2011-03-07T11:00:01Z Either Gagarin was fibbing, or he had a strong stomach. The Bodily Indignities of the Space Life 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z One survey concluded that one in four Americans who claimed to floss regularly was fibbing. What Went Wrong with a Highly Publicized COVID Mask Analysis? 2023-10-21T04:00:00Z But the current thinking among dementia experts is that going along with relatively harmless delusions is more compassionate, a strategy known as “therapeutic fibbing” or “validation therapy.” How My Mother’s Dementia Showed Me Another Side of Neurodiversity 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Three professors at other universities accused Ms. Gino’s of a history of fibbing about her research on their own blog. Harvard professor who researches honesty accused of falsifying data 2023-06-25T04:00:00Z The sin of fibbing is actually the least common. How corporations use greenwashing to convince you they are battling climate change 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Corbett also is known for playfully fibbing to the media: In 2021, he claimed he was going to appear in “quite a few” episodes in Season 1 of “And Just Like That.” The Aidan and Carrie photos are a ruse! And other harebrained 'And Just Like That' theories 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z But for someone who is already elected, Redfield said getting caught fibbing isn’t a clear-cut end. Lying for the job. From politicians and office workers, is it worth the risk? 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Ms. Hensel told jurors she scanned parking lots for threats and checked the back seat of her car, fibbing to her toddler that she was making sure the family dog had not climbed inside. How the jury divided $965 million in damages among the plaintiffs in the case. 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z The boss might have been fibbing a bit. LOVERRO: Snyder’s offseason promises look emptier with every loss. Is anyone surprised? 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z Palmer learned later that Bamberger was fibbing and trying to push his pitchers. Complete games disappearing in baseball’s Analytics Age 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z And, Farahnik Yadegar pointed out, parents might also find out their kids were fibbing about their birth date if they try to turn on parental controls but find their teens ineligible. Social media offers parents more controls. But do they help? 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z The progenitor of the “big lie,” stripped of his law license for that, is now fibbing in the produce aisle — and stocking up on embellishments about the backslap as if it were double-coupon day. Opinion | Rudy Giuliani gets caught in another lie — at a supermarket 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z People, he added, tend to learn from a young age the advantages conferred by fibbing. Do You Know Who That Worker You Just Hired Really Is? 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z I’d be fibbing if I said the fog surrounding Foggy Bottom and hovering around the campus of the Kennedy Center through intermission didn’t set the tone for Sibelius’s Fifth. Review | Gemma New brings out a softer side of the NSO 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z “All you have to do is know the facts, and you realize that the president wasn’t misleading us only, he was actually fibbing to us, in order to amass political power — basically lying to us.” Scott creates MLK Day videos, hopes to rebut Biden speech 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z People are notorious for fibbing to their doctors, and for not following their instructions. Perspective | Some folks decide not to take their medications. I was one of them. Big mistake. 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z This resulted, or so the narrative holds, from a betrayal by the moderates, who are constantly baiting, switching and generally fibbing. Opinion | How do you count to 2,000? The Democrats cannot decide. 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z At a New Hampshire town hall in early February, Biden took a college student to task for fibbing about whether she had participated in a caucus before. Joe Biden tangling with voters: A look at his most explosive moments 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z This propensity for fibbing and fabricating, especially over national security, is evidently not confined to the US. Afghanistan agony is a product of political self-delusion – and public indifference | Simon Tisdall 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z He can never tell a lie: pretending to watch the Queen’s Christmas message in the morning showed he’s not used to fibbing. Devoid of agility, charisma and credibility, Corbyn has led Labour into the abyss | Polly Toynbee 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z When someone asked him to explain how the “Trump derangement syndrome,” which is outlined in the book, relates to his life, Covington looked up and smirked like a child who had been caught fibbing. Column: Colby Covington insists his heel turn into a Trump-loving villain isn't an act 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Sickness due to fibbing was unsurprisingly not included in the government's statistics. UK workers 'fake sickies to avoid going to work' 2019-11-20T05:00:00Z It’s possible, of course, that each of these GOP senators are fibbing. Taylor's statement becomes the latest doc Republicans haven't read 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z In the days before email, contributors, when not fibbing about pieces being in the post, often came in to deliver articles. Here's to many more… the London Review of Books at 40 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z She thought I was fibbing and sat me in the corner.” Ballard man says he’s haunted by his paranormal past 2019-05-19T04:00:00Z A mash-up of its reports from the past 10 years at this time shows it is not fibbing. ‘We’ve never seen anything like this’: Fall foliage is still missing in action across the Mid-Atlantic 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z To ease this “deception guilt,” lying in dementia care has been given euphemistic names, such as “therapeutic fibbing,” or “brief reassurances,” or “stepping into their reality.” The Comforting Fictions of Dementia Care 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z That was how the pre-2011 Trump used behaved, fibbing about the quality of steaks sold in the mall next to personal massage units. Donald Trump may be the worst liar in political history: And it’s getting worse 2018-07-30T04:00:00Z “We say to fibbing children: ‘Don’t tell fairy tales!’ How Should Children’s Books Deal with the Holocaust? 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z Your brother is describing an approach commonly called therapeutic fibbing, an effective yet controversial strategy, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. Is it okay to tell an Alzheimer’s patient a white lie? 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z If you claim to have predicted any of that … stop fibbing. N.B.A. Power Rankings: Warriors on Top at Midseason 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z They say numbers don’t lie but in the case of the driving distance stat at the Sentry Tournament of Champions, there was a little fibbing going on. The clubs Dustin Johnson used to win the Sentry Tournament of Champions - Golf Digest 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z The soldier's widow and aunt said no, it was the president who was fibbing. President Trump Continues Spat With 'Wacky' Congresswoman 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z The soldier’s widow and aunt said no, it was the president who was fibbing. Charges, insults fly after Trump aide assails congresswoman 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z He’s perhaps the best-known proponent of therapeutic fibbing. Is it okay to tell an Alzheimer’s patient a white lie? 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z Mr Trump may still resent the fact that he had to sack his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, for fibbing about contacts with the Russians. The Trump family demonstrates why America shuns hereditary rule 2017-07-12T04:00:00Z Although fibbing with numbers is an old trick, the etiquette of budget discussions leans toward references to “rosy scenarios” and the like. Opinion | The Trump scandal that has nothing to do with Russia 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z He cut the volume, played an Alicia Keys tune and confessed that he was fibbing. Lincoln skate park closes after more than 60 years 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z Millennials are the generation most likely to lie about their reading habits, with 64% of 18- to 24-year-olds fibbing about the number of books, or the kinds of books, they have read. Too busy to read? You're not the only one - BBC News 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z By the fall of 2014, I was fibbing two or three times a week. When her heart started beating wildly, she knew something was wrong. 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z But they hope their paper will highlight important areas of future research, which someday might help parents, teachers, and neighbors better detect fibbing kids. Think you can tell when your kid is lying? Think again 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z “Stop fibbing,” said Ted Schaible, 61, when asked at a toy factory here what could persuade him. Hillary Clinton Targets a Skeptical Crowd: White Male Voters 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z Or is he “fibbing” about how hard he’s working, “thinking about Minecraft” when he should be hunkered down with his book project? A Guide to Guerrilla Parenting 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Obviously, this doesn’t include the $1 million donation Trump made recently to a veterans’ charity – money his campaign was caught fibbing about last month. Trump may have promised millions to charity, but did he deliver? 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z There’s also the matter of Trump not actually deserving credit for the $1 million his campaign was caught fibbing about. Trump's veterans controversy goes from bad to worse 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z But it seems to please his base for him to say so, and it doesn’t seem to bother Trump that he’s fibbing. America is under relentless attack — from within 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z There are all kinds of cheating that take place at the clerical level -- fibbing on the scorecard, inflating a handicap, conveniently forgetting to turn in a score. Is calling a golfer a "cheater" the worst thing you can say about him? - Golf Digest 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z Christie again denied the charges, but appeared to be fibbing. Trump, Cruz Finally Clash in Sixth Republican Debate 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z The other candidates are just fibbing in it. Here’s another way candidates copy Donald Trump: Shameless fibbing 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z Likewise, sure, it’s entirely possible that Hillary Clinton is fibbing about her private email account. The GOP has become the party of infantile rage 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z Despite fibbing about his true intentions, the trust of his fans isn’t Malik’s main obstacle. A new direction: Is Zayn Malik the next Justin Timberlake? 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z In other words, Boehner isn’t just misleading American audiences on the issue; he’s begun fibbing to foreign audiences, too. Boehner fibs again on immigration reform? 2015-07-07T04:00:00Z What’s more, let’s not discount the possibility that Senate Republicans are … how do I put this gently … fibbing. A GOP 'nuclear option' would bring sweeping consequences 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z Mr. Strand, especially takes Arthur’s endless fibbing to the nth degree, and his pudgy figure adds an extra dimension of tragicomedy to Arthur’s downward spiral into hedonistic heathenism. ‘Book of Mormon’ more shock than awe 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z ProPublica was interested in whether any of the groups were, you know, fibbing on their exempt application by not admitting that they would be making political expenditures. IRS Not Grossly Negligent In Disclosure Of Exempt Application 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z To guard against fibbing, he counted a friendship as real only if both children named each other. From the hood to Harvard 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z McHugh’s call for a housecleaning comes after a pair of retired Army officers, in a study last week, concluding that fibbing is rampant in the service. Army Brass Say Officers Are Lying Routinely 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z The House Speaker not only went behind the president’s back in the hopes of sabotaging American diplomatic efforts, he now also appears to have been caught fibbing about it. Republicans harden partisan lines over Israel 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z In recent years, examples of politicians in particular fibbing about their experiences abound. Brian Williams suspended for it, but everybody embellishes 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z Ironically, a respected military newspaper finally turned Williams in for his on-air fibbing. Brian Williams' Iraq Lies Shows Media Is Too Cozy With the Military 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z He’s fibbing and his recall of U.S. mobile history is a bit faulty to boot. Retro Again? T-Mobile Brings 'Rollover' To Data In Yet Another Shot At Rivals 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z But the former CIA operative, who served in a variety of Middle Eastern posts as well as headquarters, said Obama administration officials aren’t fibbing about their faith in the system. Inside the CIA's Syrian Rebels Vetting Machine “I want to hear the real secrets – not the standard stuff about touching the nose or shifty eyes, which everyone knows are signs that someone is fibbing,” I briefed him. Secrets From The FBI: How To Spot And Really Nail A Liar 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z He was a 13-year-old exercise rider fibbing about his age to work out a filly at Belmont Park. Belmont Stakes Fans Hope for Overdue Triple Crown 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z “There’s intentional fibbing going on,” Mr. Wilkinson said. As a Beach Erodes in the Hamptons, Community Tensions Swell 2013-06-27T20:39:16Z Anyone who says juggling being a mother and primary childcarer with running a business is easy is either fibbing or has a full-time nanny. Meet the mums who are setting up their own businesses 2013-05-31T07:00:00Z According to Shawn Achor, CEO of the positive psychology consulting firm Good Think Inc., lies may indicate that the problem is you, not your fibbing employees. Why Lies in the Office Aren't All Bad 2013-02-04T10:00:12Z This is still a quality display, but Microsoft wasn’t fibbing when it boasted that its screen technology was superior. First Impressions: ASUS Vivo Tab RT 2012-11-14T21:47:33Z Of course, maybe a lot of these people had been fibbing for years about going to Woodstock, and eased their conscience by giving the pollsters a more reliable account about church. Question Mark: Why Am I Back in Church? 2012-10-04T09:00:00Z And all that fibbing could lead to headaches, sore throats, and feeling sad and stressed. How Lying Affects Your Health 2012-08-20T14:30:00Z Now this does not mean that the fibbing is acceptable. Why Deceit Is Everywhere in the 2012 U.S. Election Campaign 2012-08-10T11:20:37Z Anybody in the Bulls organization who answers yes has a rabbit's foot in his pocket and a four-leaf clover on his lapel — and is fibbing. Bulls will need health, more to conquer Heat 2012-04-13T05:26:00Z You have such a heavy apparatus for fibbing that it becomes fairly stately. Dorothy and other Italian Stories 2012-03-18T02:00:18.513Z "I have helped you already," pursued the abb�, fibbing. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z There has been a great deal of fibbing, but I shall know it all.” Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z Thus far non-performing loans are low—so low it suggests banks are fibbing. Infrastructure in India: Infrastruggles 2011-12-28T16:03:36Z The results of the decision: A perspective of stagnation as the culmination of 18 months of fibbing and stalling about Europe’s financial and economic reality that markets saw through and may continue to doubt. Politicus: E.U.'s Future: No War, but No Growth 2011-12-12T12:40:09Z Mary put her hand over his mouth, and Elizabeth took his half-eaten cake, and declared that he should have no more until he confessed that he had been fibbing. The Girl Crusoes A Story of the South Seas 2011-11-03T02:00:16.647Z I do not say that these are the only impulses which prompt to this early fibbing. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z “Now, you know you are fibbing,” I said. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z So the company clearly is fibbing a bit, insulting its customers but nowhere as funny as Keillor’s radio show, A Prairie Home Companion. Is Comcast Headquartered Near Lake Woebegon? 2011-07-15T19:46:10Z Do not suppose I let this fibbing pass. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z This was outrageous fibbing, but nobly done in a good cause. The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work 2011-06-23T02:00:25.403Z There are curious points in the manner of childish fibbing. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z All her denials of him since had been fibbing to herself, they had been making the best of things, they had been the hybernating sleep from which Love awakes as a giant refreshed! The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z On its face, it isn't so shocking that fibbing occurs in medicine. Joe Fibber, M.D.: Why Do Doctors Tell White Lies? 2011-06-13T11:35:00Z Now, thought Uncle Br�sig, it is time to keep my promise about fibbing. Seed-time and Harvest A Novel 2011-04-18T02:00:12.023Z "I hope it is not due to your fibbing that you are all tangled up," she said. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z Nobody had succeeded, if we except a little cousin of ours—rather addicted to fibbing—who averred that she had thrown a cockatoo into a deep and mysterious slumber. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z “Why, on the contrary, I—I thought Miss Hartshorn very agreeable,” replied Mr. Sheridan, fibbing like a gentleman. Jane Lends A Hand 2011-03-20T02:00:32.553Z I wouldn't like her to catch me fibbing. Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 2011-03-10T03:00:49.120Z And Joscelyn’s fibbing tongue said it was only the race she had run in the wind from her door. Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas 2011-03-10T03:00:48.177Z Footballer fibbing to newspaper is not exactly a shock and at least Bent was showing loyalty by playing the game. Darren Bent has moved on, and so should his former club Sunderland 2011-01-23T00:09:02Z He withdrew the remark, explaining that he only meant "fibbing". From defiance to capitulation: six days that humbled Ireland 2010-11-21T00:12:00Z This is one of history's best examples of a biographer fibbing on behalf of his subject. Not quite Byzantium 2010-05-23T22:00:00Z But if Bush succeeds in defining Kerry as well as he did in painting Al Gore as a fibbing, out-of-touch know-it-all, it will be because Kerry did not do a good job defining himself. 2004-03-03T19:15:00Z If so, it would be a case of fibbing to get that sober gentleman, Mr. Berrington, outside. A Blot on the Scutcheon All will think, we daresay, that it should have had a very opposite effect, and have rather laid than aroused the fibbing spirit that was within him. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 8 Only the fibbing of this second young man seemed rather more shameless! Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune "I was taught to call fibbing a sin in the days of my youth," retorted Betty Scott, assuming a serious countenance. The School by the Sea You fibbing young dog, how dare you tell me that lie! Sir Hilton's Sin I felt she would know I was fibbing if I did fib, so it wasn't worth while. The Brightener “I really think,” she said, looking after the departing poet, “that he might have been fibbing a little when he said that the ‘night’ had not ‘scared’ him. The Coming of the Law But it was at length discovered by the learned, that Sun junior, viz., the newspaper, did sometimes indulge in fibbing. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 But the second time, David was not fibbing. Infinite Intruder Still she couldn’t–it would be fibbing if she did. Chicken Little Jane on the Big John "You don't think there was any fibbing when I said you were a sure-'nough princess, do you?" Wings of the Wind I fear, I fear, that poor Florian has been fibbing, and that there will be no peace for him or for your father till the truth has been told. The Landleaguers It seems to me as if I'd been fibbing all my life before I told you that your affection was necessary to my happiness. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 89, March, 1865 In that, he was inferior to his wife in point of social evolution, for she had learned, from certain episodes which still filled her with mortification, that fibbing was bad form. The Dominant Strain The only time women do at all well in fibbing is to each other. The Gorgeous Girl There is no fibbing or want of honor there: Nan is not the girl to encourage a fellow to take liberties.” Not Like Other Girls If she had managed to separate Mirliflor and Daphne by some hard fibbing, it was only what her duty as a Queen and as a Mother demanded of her. In Brief Authority This romantic young philanthropist talks of fibbing, as if it were the most simple thing in life. A Romantic Young Lady You don't suppose I am fibbing, do you?” The Brothers Karamazov "Speak the truth and be taken in, not I; there's no harm in fibbing when it's for doing good, Miss." The Silver Lining A Guernsey Story Oh, you know we were both fibbing when we vowed we adored one another; I am a romancer by profession, and you by nature. The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia "I can tell when you are fibbing just as well as need be; and I shall find out what you boys are looking so funny at each other for, yet." When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine On this point Roback gives in full the certificate of Mrs. Abigail Morgan, whose daughter Amanda “was sorely given to fibbing, in so much that she would rather lie than speak the truth.” The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages She might be fibbing; she might be up to some of her tricks again; this might even be a move arranged with his father. The Prodigal Father As to Molly's fibbing—I was the tempter. When Grandmamma Was New The Story of a Virginia Childhood When you've taken pains and put yourself out—even to the extent of fibbing about a moustache—to exasperate a person, there is nothing more annoying than to have him keep perfectly angelic. Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 Caroline was fibbing—or, at least, partly so—but Rose had no way of knowing that. Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall or, Leading a Needed Rebellion "I verily believe," very softly, "that you were fibbing when you said you had danced so little!" The Heart of Arethusa Those who pretended to hear them were either fibbing or were genuinely mistaken. Walter and the Wireless I wish he had mis-taken the mustard for honey, and burnt his naughty, fibbing tongue. The Royal Picture Alphabet You were fibbing—about that night—weren't you? The Straw And that was uttered in such a way as to declare that Mrs. Western had been fibbing. Kept in the Dark Jaqueline could not bear to tell a fib, especially to a king who had been so kind to her; besides, fibbing would not alter the facts. Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia being the adventures of Prince Prigio's son "My reward should be greater," he said, fibbing without conscience, "because I was thinking of you." Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond The first words we hear her speak to that loved husband are—fibbing words! Browning's Heroines It seemed to him that Salvador was telling the truth and that Carmela was fibbing on that occasion. The Stowaway Girl She was smiling deliciously when she said: "You are from the South, Mr. Broffin, and I didn't suppose a Southerner could be so unchivalrous as to suspect a lady of fibbing." The Price But it was at length discovered by the learned, that Sun junior, viz. the newspaper, did sometimes indulge in fibbing. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg He made haste to spare her the necessity for fibbing. From the Housetops You are not exactly the latter; certainly not the former; nevertheless, being a rustic, all unversed in the fashionable accomplishment of 'fibbing,' you may dispense with the varnish pot and brush. Infelice "Have you truly been at the hall," she questioned, "or were you merely fibbing to awaken my interest?" Bob Hampton of Placer Well, they are fibbing devils if they tell you you are despised. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe Some smart fibbing, in which neither could claim an advantage, ensued. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 3, 1892 Harry Clavering was a bad hand at fibbing, and a bad hand also at leaving a question unanswered. The Claverings She said she'd only heard about him from you, papa; but I thought, sometimes, she must be fibbing. Bressant And making liberal allowance for Emma's fibbing propensities, there are positive evidences that her story of Nelson's home life was crammed with pathetic truths of domestic misery. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon She knew, but tender creature that she was, she was prepared to do anything short of fibbing to shield her pet from another out-burst. The Dreamer A Romantic Rendering of the Life-Story of Edgar Allan Poe Also, you look as if you were fibbing. Patty and Azalea Indeed, upon this one point, she maintained an air of such inflexible stupidity, that if she were really fibbing, her dead-wall countenance superseded the necessity for verbal deceit. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I He thought she was fibbing out of sheer naughtiness. The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns Tomorrow, if you have the good luck to get sworn in, you'll have to quit fibbing and begin practicing at telling the truth. Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis And then, when bedtime comes along and a chap ought to get a bit of rest after a day's hard fibbing, why then—there's the dream business. The Wonderful Bed I don't like fibbing to Father, but I really had to. A Young Girl's Diary And before I got around to qualifying, I learned that they were fibbing to us about it. The Life of Me; an autobiography "No—I hadn't the chance after all," he said, fibbing hastily. The Age of Innocence Was it, then, possible that grown-up people acquired the privilege of fibbing with impunity? Tracks of a Rolling Stone Nora must have fibbed to me, for the pure pleasure of fibbing. In the Bishop's Carriage But I got away as quick as I could, for I felt so ashamed because of my fibbing. A Young Girl's Diary The Baroness turned her smile toward him, and she instantly felt that she had been observed to be fibbing. The Europeans "Now, Roger, don't add to your vices flattery and"— "And fibbing," he subjoined. The Vicar's Daughter My ears are beset by eloquent gray hairs which plead at closer quarters than does that fibbing little tongue of yours. Jurgen A Comedy of Justice That was a lie; more, she was not in the habit of fibbing for the sake of politeness or anything else, so that the words stood for a good deal. Lonesome Land From that instant till the day I left him he was the old Jean—joking, fibbing, laughing, and always playing—Jean L'Enfant. The Enormous Room But who were these people to whom such fibbing was not pleasing? The Europeans She smiled, shook her head and then blushed crimson and dropped her eyes, which roused Stepan Trofimovitch to absolute ecstasy and inspiration so much that he began fibbing freely. The Possessed (The Devils) Don't condemn me for thinking that fibbing is charming. The Lady of the Aroostook I am interested in it all, and enjoying it in a way, but, Mate, there is no use fibbing to you, there is a restlessness in my heart that sometimes almost drives me crazy. The Lady of the Decoration His use of language was sometimes exalted fibbing, sometimes the purely picturesque. The Enormous Room "You were kind enough to call it merely fibbing." Red Masquerade But in Aunt Amy's case the fibbing will all be charged to my account, you are merely the nurse. Up the Hill and Over As she was perfectly satisfied then, that Lady Bellaston was ignorant of the person of Jones, so she determined to keep her in that ignorance, though at the expense of a little fibbing. History of Tom Jones, a Foundling You fibbed to me the first day I met you, and you've been fibbing ever since. Going Some It was the sentiment of fibbing to his girl that offended him, not the fib; for Mr. Lloyd Pryor had no doubt that, in certain matters, Truth must be governed by the law of benefit. The Awakening of Helena Richie She was wrong sometimes, but then it may have been her feminine instinct for fibbing. Without Prejudice So the hostler had not been fibbing after all! Over Prairie Trails She knew she was fibbing, but something must be done to check this new form of independence—and then, now that Garry couldn't come, she really needed him. Peter: a novel of which he is not the hero "But I didn't," Alice responded, too astonished to modify her denial into a polite form of fibbing. On the Firing Line A great part of my life was made up of making life pleasant to others by fibbing. April Hopes Why, should she have acted a fib about his being an actor, and why, after the end, should she have added an end, in which she returned to own that she had been fibbing? Fennel and Rue But I have lived it down; I should like to hear any of them fibbing against me now. East Lynne She employed none of the little fibbing subterfuges which polite manners approve and which are employed to escape awkward situations, but which, of course, deceive no one. The Major "I am not in any trouble whatever, and do not need any help," said Catherine, fibbing roundly, and proving thereby that not only our faults, but our most involuntary misfortunes, tend to corrupt our morals. Washington Square Nine times did I whip my Steve to cure him of fibbing, and over and over again did Mac go without his dinner rather than wash his hands. Rose in Bloom "I never had any grandmothers, but if you think it will cure me, I'll let you snip my tongue," said Nat, heroically, for he dreaded pain, yet did wish to stop fibbing. Little Men A second lie is that I was fibbing in these traveller's tales of mine. My Life and My Efforts We were wondering how you were getting on with the Makalanga," answered Benita, fibbing boldly, "and whether you would persuade them to face the ghosts. Benita, an African romance I do not know what to think, except that the old gentleman is not fibbing intentionally. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 He drove in a few minutes to the vicomte's house and begged him to do him the service, with rights of return, of fibbing in case Sabine should question the vicomtesse. Beatrix "Now, just tell the truth; didn't you mean to go with me, before Mr. Hazlehurst came in?" said Adeline—"no fibbing, mind." Elinor Wyllys, Volume 1 When I envision and describe as reality what is still a fairy-tale to others, only for ignorant or malicious people, this can be a reason to maintain that I was fibbing. My Life and My Efforts No one could doubt his talent for elegant fibbing, and she was in the humour both to admire and adopt the art, so she was glad to be rescued from herself. The Egoist Sometimes I think he is fibbing, but a glance at his soft, dark, far-seeing eyes under their fringe of thick lashes convinces me to the contrary. Penelope's Irish Experiences How easily the old familiar fibbing came to her! The Glimpses of the Moon |
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