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
Mr Sattizahn, who worked at the company from 2018 to 2024, responded in testimony to the committee by calling Meta's response to the Washington Post report a "lie by avoidance."
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2025
Every time a lie is told, a denial must be concocted to protect the lie by denying that it is a lie.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2024
You could go, “No, I don’t,” or is that sort of a lie by omission?
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 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
