Sentence examples for straight lie from inspiring English sources

Well, that's a straight lie, isn't it – 14%?

He managed to tell a straight lie to his interviewer when the subject came up of the prime minister's about-turn on his instructions to cabinet ministers regarding campaigning in the forthcoming EU referendum.

Consider this, however, from Starkweather: "The shortest distance between any two points (peoples' lives) is a straight lie".

This was a straight lie: it turned out that Apollonius was late because he had secured himself a nice payout at some other Games.

There are straight lies: "I'm committed forever...". and tricky questions: "What is a husband?" The confusion is understandable, because Valentine's Day has changed so much.

Early on, Burden's work was performance, excruciatingly physical actions that came to a halt in 1974, when he spent forty-five hourstraightht lying under a sheet of plate glass.

These debates have turned out to be matchless opportunities to hear straight talk or straight lies on extremely vital issues facing this country: getting out of the Iraq war, job creation, health insurance protection, the environment, education and Medicare reform.

He relies on journalistic shorthand to describe his surroundings ("we drive through a barren mountainous area"), his physical state ("after spending nearly 24 hours straight lying in the back of the car, I am exhausted"), even his deep remorse for jeopardizing his marriage ("I have betrayed my wife and family").

That it chose to ignore scientific evidence and straight up lie to the victims with reassurances that their water was safe is a crime against humanity.

Other words that are too important to be executed will need to undergo a long and painful rehabilitation before they can be safely used again: change, experience, straight, truth, lie, victory, character, judgment, populist, and élite.

That is a straight up lie.