Sentence examples for bold-faced lie from inspiring English sources

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"bold-faced lie" is correct and usable in written English.
It is an idiom meaning a lie that is told openly and without shame. For example, "He had the audacity to tell me a bold-faced lie about his whereabouts."

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It is a bold-faced lie.

The 60-year-old defendant, sounding confident as a self-advocate, accused Mr. Morford of "a bold-faced lie".

Of course, to call the United States' mobile networks "advanced" would be a bold-faced lie.

Then Pujol went to London and sold the British on the same caper, partially by telling them a bold-faced lie that lay undiscovered for many years.

The majority of the public already knows that the reasons for the Iraq war were a lie, a willful, bold-faced lie by the leadership of this country.

Days later, it has come to light that just as I suspected, Ryan and his teammates were telling a bold-faced lie about the robbery in an attempt to cover up the fact that they trashed a gas station.

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Rolling our eyes with the utmost confidence in the face of Trumpian stupidity might feel good (or it did until the Trump Fatigue began to set in), but there's still value in checking our facts in the face of bold-faced lies.

I couldn't tell people bold-faced lies.

Therapeutic fibbing that is, which is very different from bold-faced lying.

And how can he possibly be so god-damn good at delivering these bold-faced lies?

Hit the button, call them out on their bullshit, and learn the facts behind all their bold-faced lies.

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