belies
Example Sentences
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Tuesday’s bounce put the S&P 500 fractionally ahead for the year, but that break-even showing belies massive moves underneath.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
But Amazon’s lack of market pizazz belies a strong cloud business that looks set to accelerate in the months ahead.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Dancing dominates campaign rallies in Ivory Coast but the pulsing energy and fervour belies concerns about the political landscape in the world's largest cocoa producer.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025
Her sanguine — and mischievously macabre — response belies the fact that the fire, coupled with the long years of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused an extended fallow period during which she completely stopped creating art.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025
Mother Ermentrude comes into the room and kneels by my pallet, a gesture of humility that belies her authority.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
