Sentence examples for obvious lie from inspiring English sources

"obvious lie" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is generally used when someone utters (or writes) something obviously false or deceptive. For example, "I'm a billionaire," he said with an obvious lie.

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A lie is insulting; an obvious lie is doubly insulting".

But he can think of nothing but an obvious lie.

It's an obvious lie, but the car really won't start.

Apparently right wing groups funded by oil companies are promoting this obvious lie.

I wonder why Sarah Palin went out of her way to tell an obvious lie last night.

His gift to them was an obvious lie; one that pressed obfuscating analytical machinery into its audience's service.

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"Nothing available" was a lie, one of those obvious lies intended to humiliate you.

The few details of her life she shares are obvious lies.

Her spokesman referred to the claims as "obvious lies and should be treated as such".

The Sarajevan looked at me intently, as if deciding whether or not to do me in for my obvious lies.

Such individuals may not just post offensive messages, but also annoyingly implausible stories, grand claims, and obvious lies.

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