- present tense form of belie (3rd person singular).
belies
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The following “Love Takes Miles,” which might be Mr. Winter’s most accessible solo work, has a folk-like chord progression and a musical cheeriness that belies the song’s feelings of loneliness and desperation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
But Cruise’s story is also an ironic reflection of “Digger”: an undeniably ambitious project whose assuredness belies a stubborn disregard for everyone but itself.
From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026
Such an impressive classical pedigree belies the “gremlins of self-doubt” that have plagued Hopkins for much of his life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
A 17-year-old Sudanese girl holds a young child in her arms with a heavy calm that belies her age and the concerns she has for his future.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
But sometimes a person who seems easy is one whose calm outside belies a troubled and turbulent inside.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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