lie
Example Sentences
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It lasts only a fraction of a second, but inside those movements lies an entire story of personality, identity and obstacles overcome.
From BBC
The fridge lies empty, the electric stove is not working, and the only available cooking method is a small charcoal grill her husband built.
From BBC
Directly attacking Iran would turn them into open combatants with a larger rival lying just across a narrow body of water.
The source - the smell of the remains of burnt out ambulances, which lie blackened in a car park next to a synagogue in the north-west London suburb.
From BBC
But, three years after being charged, a five-week trial exposed his lies to a jury.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
