She was sure he loved her, and she did not fear his insincerity as much as her own distrust of him.
Nor was anyinsincerity implied in the fact that they sometimes seemed to coincide with hers.
He spoke very gently, and there was no insincerity in his gentleness.
Elizabeth was likely to have diverted it from pursuing this object; and it may have been fortunate that her own insincerity saved her from being the dupe of those who practised it so well.
This was consistent with the tendency of the Classical Revival; but since the subject to be dignified by epic style was Christian and mediaeval, a discord between matter and manner amounting almost to insincerity resulted.
All this was part of the system of insincerity we have hinted at.
Apart from the circumstances which in some cases make gods vindicators of the moral law in general, as conceived of by their worshippers, there are quite special reasons for their disapproval of insincerity and bad faith.
His ordinary speech is said to be so full of insincerity that it is very difficult to learn the truth in almost any case.
Ah, but you see, madame, it is aninsincerity that does not mislead.
My true justification lies in the insincerityof those who intended that the convocation of the States General should be a sham, mere dust in the eyes of the nation.
There was irresponsibility in him, insincerity somewhere, almost want of heart.
The queen, on the other hand, was perhaps not conscious of insincerity of purpose.
This at least is clear that in this correspondence the Kaiser was either guilty of insincerityor he betrayed a fatal incapacity to grasp the essentials of the quarrel.
Elinor blushed for the insincerity of Edward's future wife, and replied, "This compliment would effectually frighten me from giving any opinion on the subject had I formed one.
Pride and the other things and insincerity aren't nearly as bad as--as immorality.
But why did she and Mr. Stirling both put insincerity as the worst of the spiritual sins?
Insincerity was the place where all meannesses and disloyalties and treacheries lurked and had their dens like evil beasts, ready to pounce out and destroy the wayfaring spirit wandering on forbidden ground.
Perhaps that is why Mr. Stirling puts insincerity last, because insincere people do such dreadful things without knowing they are dreadful.
There seemed to me a note of insincerity about the whole business.
It seemed to me there was a touch of insincerity about the whole celebration,[37] as the younger Cambridge School as a whole do not even begin to understand the theory.
Selfishness and arrogance of disposition express themselves in indifferent, rude, or overbearing Manners; while vanity and insincerityare outwardly fawning and sycophantic.
The least touch of insincerity or indifference will ruin all.
And although he must strike the old despairing note--that, by the insincerity of the present generation, all the ancient guidance of their God must end in this!
One of the most striking characteristics of Young is his radical insincerity as a poetic artist.
This, however, is merely theory, for it is impossible to apply to the novel the paradox that insincerity in everything being better than insincerity in one thing it is desirable to be insincere throughout.
If society were purged from these, it would not be the dull thing which some people imagine, just as if this insincerity and frivolity and unreality constituted the brightness of it.
Christian work there is an amount of self-advertisement, of jealousy among workers, and of insincerity which lowers our cause, and damages the progress of Christianity?
We resent what we call insincerity in emotional expression because we fear being "fooled," and there are many whose experiences in being "fooled" chill sympathy with doubt.
To be fooled is to be lowered in one's own self-esteem, and we like sincerity and hate insincerity largely because our self-esteem stands on some solid basis in the one case and on none whatever in the other.
To be accused of insincerity or dishonesty of motive and act is fiercely resented.
What men demand of each other is sincerity, and even where the insincerity is merely a habitual pose it arouses hostile feeling which expresses itself all the way from criticism to the overt act.
Out of the uneasiness that we feel in the presence of dissimulation and insincerity has arisen the value we place on sincerity, frankness and honesty.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "insincerity" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
