lying

Example Sentences

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He is then asked if he believed she and her husband are lying.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

After calling the vest-adorned dog on stage and joking that she would bite Clark, he bellowed, “Is she lying, too?”

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

“Obviously I would be lying to say I wasn’t disappointed. I would have loved to have made the cut today, granted all day,” Wie West said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

In 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission received a whistle-blower complaint alleging that RAD was lying to investors about the value of its property holdings, the Philadelphia Inquirer has reported.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 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