Sentence examples for to lie for from inspiring English sources
(Will a lawyer then become a liar because he is expected to lie for his client?
"People are trained to lie for a living," he remarked in an interview on MSNBC.
Compelling subordinates to lie for him is another of the ways in which Trump asserts power.
She's troubled by their secret and unwilling to lie for much longer.
The last time I met Michelle Williams, she asked me to lie for her.
Hence the famous aphorism that a diplomat is an honest man sent abroad to lie for his country.
Aron opens by quoting Montesquieu: "Every citizen is obliged to die for his country but not to lie for it".
"Every day, most of us knew we were coming in and we were going to lie for him on something.
A BRITISH ambassador to Venice in the 17th century observed that "a diplomat is an honest man sent abroad to lie for his country".
The third accuses the president of obstructing justice, by concealing evidence of his affair with Monica Lewinsky, and by encouraging others to lie for him.
The report by Robert S. Mueller III shows a hotbed of conflict defined by a president who lies and tries to get his aides to lie for him.
