How to Use bogus in a Sentence

bogus

adjective
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  • It was just a bogus claim.
  • The evidence was completely bogus.
  • Results like that -50 could lead computers to churn out bogus data or shut down entirely.
    — Zachary Loeb / Made By History, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Trying to catch so many bogus claims delays payouts to Ohioans who are legitimately in need of help.
    — Geoff Mulvihill and Andrew Welsh-Huggins, chicagotribune.com, 1 Mar. 2021
  • But fake paramours, fly-by-night contractors, bogus handymen and shady housing professionals are guilty, too.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Hollingsworth died recently, and his son, Jim Hollingsworth, said the bogus claim created a big hassle.
    — Geoff Mulvihill and Andrew Welsh-Huggins, chicagotribune.com, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Turkish journalist is currently free, pending appeal, but faces more than six years’ jail time for bogus terrorism charges.
    — Lydia Belanger, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Its propagandists tout his (plainly bogus) fraud conviction.
    — The Economist, 6 Mar. 2021
  • Liberty Mutual was sued last month by a homeowner who accused the insurer of dropping her over a bogus claim that her roof had mold damage.
    — Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
  • With photoshopped pictures and deepfakes running rampant on social media, there's never been a better time to learn how to verify which images are real and which ones are bogus.
    — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, 23 Feb. 2021
  • But for me, the more interesting aspect to all this is the completely bogus defense of current broadband practices being ladled up by internet service providers.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2021
  • That could be a trick to prompt you to give to a bogus site.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The Supreme Court kicked him to the curb on his bogus Trump things.
    — NBC News, 5 Sep. 2021
  • In the days since, more bogus calls and threats have rolled in across the country.
    — Neil Vigdor, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • After all, this wouldn’t be the first time the app duped us with a bogus hack.
    — Marisa Petrarca, Allure, 3 July 2023
  • Simon served 317 days in jail on the bogus gun charges.
    — Lee O. Sanderlin, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2022
  • Less than a month later, the blockchain world would blow up at the hands of a bogus crypto king in the Bahamas.
    — Steven Levy, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Her bank called to notify her that the check was bogus.
    — Lauren Krouse, Good Housekeeping, 8 Sep. 2023
  • This should be a red flag that the tax preparer is bogus.
    — Dallas News, 18 July 2021
  • And do not click on any unknown links that can be bogus ones mirroring the look and feel of the real Airbnb.
    — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • But after the victims wire that money, their banks alert them that the check from the scammers was bogus.
    — Ron Hurtibise, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Avianca pointed out the bogus case law in a March filing.
    — Larry Neumeister, Anchorage Daily News, 9 June 2023
  • Lawyers for the families call the debts bogus and are challenging them in court.
    — Tovia Smith, NPR, 14 June 2024
  • Bitcoin’s price rose by more than $1,000 after the bogus tweet.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2024
  • With that, the court threw a big wrench into all the plans to drag Trump from one bogus trial to another.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 4 July 2024
  • The comparison, of course, is bogus—no one would say that these Kings are better than the ’95 Bulls.
    — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
  • That September 13th date seems to be bogus at this point.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The singer’s team called the suit a bogus and absurd publicity stunt.
    — Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The reports of state capitals breached in other places turned out to be bogus.
    — Lisa Mascaro, Ben Fox, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2021
  • The scammers will then try to sell people bogus products.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2021

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