The phrase "as if lying" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or behavior that appears deceptive or untruthful, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "He spoke with such confidence, as if lying about his qualifications."
Alternatives: "as though deceiving" or "as if being dishonest".
Thus, continuing with our example, the sentence says the same thing as, 'If lying is sour, then he will lie.' And the content of this conditional will interact with the secondary descriptive meaning of the unembedded moral judgments to determine its logical functioning so that we get the implications we would expect.
Geach (1964), relying on Frege, pressed the point, challenging non-cognitivists to explain the validity of inferences such as "If lying to my brother hurts him, then lying to my brother is wrong"; "Lying to my brother hurts him"; "Therefore, lying to my brother is wrong".
One listened as if lying face up, watching cloud formations drift by.
It's not as if lying on a survey is helping rid the world of intrusive online marketing.
At one point Leda lies under the projection screen, which shows the Stranger stretched out, as if lying on top of her.
Indeed, it was both of those – not any habit of speaking, in Frankel's words, as though "one third of our articulator muscles [are] always sedentary as if lying on the couch" – that Americans found the most fascinating.
The association between herd type and time for recovery of OTF status after detection of an outbreak was explored using a Cox proportional hazards model after removal of outbreaks showing anomalous length values, which were identified as outliers if lying more than 1.5*interquartile range (IQR) from the first or third quartile.
How can you develop a reputation as a straight shooter if lying is not an option?
In her Turner prize work, there is a small body, as if lain on a bier.
"There's coffee as well if you'd like some," Erik said, looking at me with a kind of pregnant smile, as if there lay more in the question and what he said than met the eye.
It's as if Berlin lay prostrate to history for so long that every idea and its opposite have been imposed on the city map.
