lying

Example Sentences

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One picture shows the former president swimming in a pool, and another shows him lying on his back with his hands behind his head in what appears to be a hot tub.

From BBC

She knows I’m incapable of lying to teachers.

From Literature

Like many others, he was at the family-run gold dealership in London to sell some precious metal - in his case a silver plate which had been "lying around the house".

From BBC

I’m lying on a heated massage bed, cocooned in a soft, weighted blanket, as Kayla Faraji caresses my cheeks with billowy, pink goose feathers.

From Los Angeles Times

During one of my first reporting trips back to Chicago, years before I would expose his lying to the world, Al learned how little my mother had told me about her own past.

From The Wall Street Journal