lie by
Example Sentences
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Both sat at my feet, sphinx-like, for hours during my pandemic-era Zoom calls, Hook waiting to sit on my lap, Cosmo to lie by my side.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
"The crown's case is that this new and freshly-created claim of self-defence was yet another lie by this defendant to try to conceal her guilt."
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026
It was an outrageous lie by insinuation, but why he lied is not mysterious.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2024
More lie by a nearby fence and outside a local church where people stopped last evening to leave plush animals and candles as well to console each other.
From Reuters ● Feb. 9, 2023
Many dying elephants would lie by that body of water, which became what people called an elephant graveyard.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
