lying

Example Sentences

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She said Franck accused her of "lying" about being in France and demanded her location and hotel room.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

According to Platner, Fifield is lying on all counts.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Whether that trajectory can be altered this late in the day, and whether Americans are ready to stop lying to themselves about how the rest of humanity sees our country, is hard to say.

From Salon • May 31, 2026

I nodded, but I’d have been lying if I said I hadn’t come for the lynx—or pretended that the distant views through the scope on day one had been entirely satisfying.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Watches lying on a shelf run differently from watches carried about, and so Father always wore the ones he was regulating.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom