Sentence examples for serious lying from inspiring English sources

Not until he got to work on the history that become known as the Pentagon papers, however, did he decide that the more serious lying ran in the opposition direction -- that every president back to Truman had simultaneously misled the public about our right to interfere in Vietnam and our chances, with every military escalation, for success.

(Although, distractingly, even some serious lies can be good.

They would have to consider if it was "a white lie" or "a really serious lie", he said.

Where possible, try to differentiate between serious lies – eg round bullying, promiscuity, heavy drug use – and more trivial, like the odd spliff.

In comparison, when it comes to spotting really serious lies - those that could, for example, affect national security - he says simply that he "does not believe we have solid evidence that anything else works better than chance".

I focus on serious lies: where the consequences for the liar are grave if they're found out, and where the target would feel properly aggrieved if they knew".

As Marcy Wheeler recently wrote, the CIA's own public records reveal serious lies to Congress about their torture program, yet no one in the CIA has ever been punished as a result of that knowledge.

If it's a serious lie, then you should LOOK serious.

Mr. Blagojevich's first jury convicted him of one of the least serious charges — lying to federal agents, a conviction that could carry up to five years in prison.

And then I saw people with serious injuries lying in pools of blood," another person told the Times of India.

The more serious story lying under the surface deals with the pangs of early adulthood.