How to Use "sham" with Example Sentences

1. Both real and sham acupuncture worked better than having no treatment at all .
2. That would look too much like a response to sham elections held last november .
3. Placebo injections are more effective than placebo pills , and neither is as potent as sham surgery .
4. Their biggest fear was that deaths , injuries and failures from sham treatments would undermine the case for genuine therapies .
5. Seeing the judiciary as biased and the grievance process as a sham , they treat petitioning as a means of extortion .