Sentence examples for should have lied from inspiring English sources

"I tell myself to this day that I should have lied to him and said that I was," he recalls with a chuckle.

And I should have lied.

Not that he should have lied to her, mind you, he should merely have told the truth more slowly.

When Steelers quarterback/depraved human Ben Roethlisberger was dealing with post-concussion symptoms in 2009, Ward went on national television and told Bob Costas' haircut that Roethlisberger should have lied to doctors to get clearance to play in the bi-annual primetime genocide against the division-rival Baltimore Ravens.

He said: "I have to accept responsibility, and I should not have asked my ex-wife to take my speeding points, and I should not have lied on an official form, and I should not have tried to evade the consequences.

I shouldn't have lied.

I should never have lied to you.

And while your overall motives were good, you should not have lied in this circumstance.

Should Carmichael have lied in a TV interview in the days afterwards that the first he knew about the memo was when contacted by a journalist?

In recent interviews, Weiner has said he shouldn't have lied but did it because he wanted to keep the truth from his then-pregnant wife, Huma Abedin, a longtime aide to former secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Simon Hoggart captures this sentiment perfectly: "I can understand why he shouldn't have lied to Michael Howard or helped a friend who wanted to beat up a journalist.