belies
Example Sentences
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Truss's position at fifth in the table belies her record as the shortest serving prime minister.
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
Advocates of administrative tribunals claim they’re more efficient than federal courts, but the Ross case belies this conceit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
Tuesday’s bounce put the S&P 500 fractionally ahead for the year, but that break-even showing belies massive moves underneath.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
Her sanguine — and mischievously macabre — response belies the fact that the fire, coupled with the long years of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused an extended fallow period during which she completely stopped creating art.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025
A kind of city-street music where laughter belies anxiety, and joy is as short and straight as the blade of a pocketknife.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
