stretch the truth

And what about stretching the truth to get a good job?

"I never saw him to be someone who would stretch the truth."

Well, the history books may have been stretching the truth.

Then, decided he had no choice but to stretch the truth a bit.

It's in the nature of advertising to stretch the truth.

You could stretch the truth even further, thought the Witch.

The moment had come, Silk felt, to stretch the truth in a good cause.

Problems arise only if you are caught stretching the truth.

But the two stretched the truth on both domestic and foreign matters.

Have you lied - or stretched the truth - to get your child into the best school?

"But even for a political leader, that's stretching the truth a little more than people dare."

And though they often stretch the truth, they may be working.

If you say you've never lied to your kid, you're probably, well, stretching the truth a little.

He was stretching the truth, but not very far.

"No, I'm afraid that was stretching the truth a little."

So what if he stretched the truth a little?

"I think it is a pattern to say things, to stretch the truth.

It was stretching the truth, to say the least.

"It may occur to you to stretch the truth a bit here or there.

Like his idol, the 44-year-old museum director likes to stretch the truth a bit for the cause.

How far can you stretch the truth for the sake of a boost in the ratings?

Every time I start stretching the truth, he starts getting suspicious."

The author is apparently stretching the truth to make the clever ending possible.

Our little boy doesn't normally lie, but he certainly stretches the truth at times.

"I may have stretched the truth a bit to make sure we got the university funding we needed."