Thesaurus / lie
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
They are ovoid in shape, and lie in pairs, end to end, often forming short chains.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
However this be, it is hard to say that these fibs have that clear intention to deceive which constitutes a complete lie.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLY
The "bad form" of telling a lie to the head-master is a later illustration of the same thing.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLY
The word of the law shall be fulfilled without a lie, and wisdom shall be made plain in the mouth of the faithful.
The hut was barely high enough to let him sit up, and long enough to let him lie down—not to stretch out.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNE
In our western communities the dangers to the intellectual nexus lie rather on the other side.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLS
Because it appears that in that ancient Accadian civilisation lie the seeds of many Bible laws and legends.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORD
It was a direct lie to tell the Austrian commander that an armistice had been arranged and the bridge ceded to the French.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISON
They lie either singly or superimposed to form more or less irregular clusters (Fig. 36).
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODD
Quite a good lot of bullets were plopping into the water, so the Commodore ordered the Colne to lie further out.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON
WORDS RELATED TO LIE
- be inactive
- be indolent
- be slothful
- be unoccupied
- bum
- bum around
- dally
- dillydally
- dream
- drift
- evade
- fool around
- fritter away
- goldbrick
- hang out
- idle
- kill time
- knock around
- laze
- let down
- lie
- loiter
- loll
- lounge
- lounge around
- malinger
- not lift a finger
- pass time
- piddle
- relax
- saunter
- shirk
- sit around
- slack
- slow down
- stall
- stand around
- stroll
- take it easy
- trifle
- twiddle thumbs
- vegetate
- waste time
- while away hours
- bait
- beguile
- betray
- bilk
- bluff
- bunk
- cheat
- cozen
- deceive
- defraud
- delude
- double-cross
- dupe
- enmesh
- ensnare
- entangle
- entice
- fool
- fudge
- gull
- hoax
- hoodwink
- hose
- illude
- inveigle
- juggle
- lead astray
- lead on
- lie
- lure
- misdirect
- misguide
- misinform
- misrepresent
- outwit
- overreach
- pervert
- pull wool over eyes
- put on
- rip off
- rook
- rope in
- scam
- seduce
- shaft
- snow
- take in
- tempt
- trick
- victimize
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