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Sham Pronunciation

Pronounce Sham as S HH AH M.

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    Sham phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'sham'

    • Traditional IPA representation of sham: /shæm/
    • Modern IPA representation of sham: /shæm/

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    List of meaning for sham

    a fake; an imitation that purports to be genuine

    fake, sham, postiche(noun)

    something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

    imposter, impostor, pretender, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player(adj)

    a person who makes deceitful pretenses

    assumed, false, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham(verb)

    adopted in order to deceive

    "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"

    simulate, assume, sham, feign(verb)

    make a pretence of

    "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"

    feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble(verb)

    make believe with the intent to deceive

    "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache"

    being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials

    a sofa upholstered in sham leather

    being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud

    street vendors selling sham designer handbags to gullible tourists

    lacking in natural or spontaneous quality

    the sham friendliness of a salesman trying to sell you something

    a poor, insincere, or insulting imitation of something

    condemned the rigged election as a total sham

    an imitation that is passed off as genuine

    the diamond turned out to be a sham

    one who makes false claims of identity or expertise

    that supposed French movie star was a sham

    to present a false appearance of

    shammed a most unconvincing limp just to get sympathy

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    sham in sentence

    1. Pretending to offer oracular readings, the sham psychic lined her pockets with money from the gullible.

    2. A means to an end, the immigrant’s sham marriage was nothing more than shameless expediency.

    3. The sham was telling the birthday boy that they were headed to the dentist, when there was a surprise party waiting for him.

    4. The robbers’ sham was pretending to be home inspectors so they could gain access inside houses.

    5. My mother said that the product in the infomercial was a sham and didn’t work.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term sham

    In New York, we won't be intimidated by frivolous court actions from a group of lobbyists bent on chipping away at commonsense gun safety laws that many responsible gun owners actually support. We have an obligation to protect New Yorkers, and this sham suit will do nothing to stop New Yorkers.

    – Andrew Cuomo

    This is a sham marriage and the reason is simple: good will on both sides, paul Ryan is a conservative; has been all his life, and is committed to certain conservative principles.

    – Charles Krauthammer

    This Republican whistleblower's account from inside House Armed Services Committee may provide the most definitive proof to date that this taxpayer-funded investigation has been a partisan sham from the start.

    – Secretary Clinton

    To make matters worse, you told the world that a sham investigation( in which I was never even interviewed) determined the assault was some sort of' consensual cuddling,'.

    – Rosette Pambakian

    Nancy Pelosi SLAMS CALIFORNIA ICE RAID AS' UNJUST AND CRUEL' AMID OUTCRY OVER MAYOR'S TIPOFF TO IMMIGRANTS The people of California will not be bowed by the Trump administration's brazen aggression and intimidation tactics, californians will continue to proudly keep our doors open to the immigrants who make America more American. We will fight this sham lawsuit and will fight all cowardly attacks on our immigrant communities. But in his remarks, Attorney General Jeff Sessions appeared to be happy to fight, promising that the administration will win the fight and protect law enforcement in doing their jobs.

    – Nancy Pelosi

    The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him lies, desire all truth. . .He whose desires are drawn toward knowledge in every form will be absorbed in the pleasures of the soul, and will hardly feel bodily pleasures- -I mean, if he be a true philosopher and not a sham one. . .Then how can he who has the magnificence of mind and is the spectator of all times and all existence, think much of human life He cannot. Or can such a one account death fearful No indeed.

    – Plato

    I would never do to them what you’ve done to this guy, this is the most unethical sham since I’ve been in politics. If you really wanted to know the truth, you sure as hell wouldn’t have done what you did to this guy.

    – Lindsey Graham

    Let's not do a sham vote that's meant to embarrass one person or another. This is too serious an issue for that, republican owe the American people some real answers, not games.

    – The Senate

    Democrats are now attempting to investigate, believe it or not, the Russia hoax for yet a fifth time. Today they moved forward with a plan. They want to go after the A.G. And former White House counsel, Don McGahn ... and hold them in contempt for refusing to participate in their sham hearings.

    – Scott Applewhite -RRB- Hannity

    This election process is nothing more than a ploy to deceive the common people ... for satisfying the ego of a limited number of sham politicians.

    – The Taliban

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