Sentence examples for lie used from inspiring English sources

Research results show that the place where the footprints lie used to be part of the shore of a lake.

Lie used a simplified version for a troupe of teenaged actors, which was successful in West Java.

"That's a dirty lie" used to have a ring to it, but that adjective is now almost exclusively applied to jokes and lyrics.

Instead, he is investigating the administration's attack against a critic who disclosed one of its mistruths -- a lie used to sell a misguided war against a nation that was no threat to the United States.

The assistant later recanted and told federal prosecutors that the tax-loss story was a lie used to dodge possible insider trading charges.

Indeed, the proposal turned out to be a lie used to win political support.

It is a matter of debate as to whether it is possible to lie using metaphors.

Nevertheless, some argue that it is possible to lie using metaphors (Griffiths 2004, 36; Dynel 2011, 149).

He said Modi's lawyers had launched a "sustained and aggressive" attack on Cairns, with the words "liar", "lie" and "lies" used 24 times.

In a tweet, City Council President Todd Gloria, who supported the measures, decried "money and lies used to undermine planning and democratic processes.

It was easier for all involved to simply believe Mrs. Robinson was either mentally deranged or lying, using her diary for a nascent literary effort.