Sentence examples for confessed to lying from inspiring English sources
"confessed to lying" is a valid phrase in written English and it can be used when the speaker is admitting to having told a lie
Example sentence: "The suspect confessed to lying about where he had been on the night of the crime."
But a police informant contacted federal investigators, and the three officers eventually confessed to lying about the killing.
Half of the 1,000 under-16s polled in the Superdrug-conducted survey confessed to "lying to their parents about [wearing] sunscreen".
French Socialist ministers turn out to be keen property investors; almost none holds shares.Mr Hollande hastily devised the new rules after his former budget minister, Jérôme Cahuzac, had confessed to lying about a secret foreign bank account.
But in Britain this year, a survey by the Museums, Libraries and Archive Council found that 33percentt of adults confessed to lying about reading a book to appear more intelligent.
French Socialist ministers turn out to be enthusiastic collectors of property, but almost none owns any shares.Mr Hollande devised the new rules in haste as part of an effort to clean up public life after his former budget minister, Jérôme Cahuzac, confessed to lying to parliament about a secret foreign bank account he had held for 20 years.
One of my few employed friends is perfectly ready to admit that that she only got a job at our local theatre because of "connections", (a friend recommended her for the job), while another confessed to lying on their CV to seem more experienced.
In this play, Jews confess to lying to their own children and killing Palestinian children.
Ronaldo's room, apparently "one of the most important things in his life", features a leopard print bedspread which the 30-year-old confesses to lying in for "nearly half a day".
Mark and Kate break up after Kate confesses to lying in her police statement during Paul's investigation.
And when, finally, he confessed to one lie, which connected some of the other lies but was no larger than any of them, its immensity struck everyone except Richard Nixon like a thunderclap.
But impatient readers can turn to "The Secret Race" by Tyler Hamilton, an Olympic gold medalist and one-time key teammate of Mr. Armstrong's who has since confessed to cheating and lying himself.
