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How to pronounce lying in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms fabrication, prevarication
Type of falsification, misrepresentation
Has types fibbing, paltering
Derivation lie

Examples of lying

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Lying in a narrow, rugged valley on the range's western end, Nalut felt haunted.
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LaRose also is accused of lying to a federal agent and attempted identity theft.
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Then again, I can see why they wouldn't invite that lying, hypocritical moonbat.
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They accuse the American and Western press of lying about the events in Georgia.
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We will also acquire your doctor's vaccine records to find out if you are lying.
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I don't want to play dementia or someone who is lying in bed wetting themselves.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Prosecutors say Dalton was lying in wait and was motivated by rage and not fear.
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It's a beautiful area, but now you find people chanting lying around meditating.
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They were suffering from tuberculosis and meningitis, and lying by the roadside.
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More examples
  • The deliberate act of deviating from the truth
  • (lie) a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
  • (lie) be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
  • (lie) Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)
  • (lie) be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"
  • (lie) dwell: originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"
  • Lying is a 2006 American independent experimental film starring Chlou00EB Sevigny and Jena Malone, Leelee Sobieski, as well as Henry Gummer. It was directed by video artist M. Blash. It premiered at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival Directors Fortnight and had a limited US release in 2008, with a DVD release following in May 2009. The film was given a small theatrical re-release in September 2009.
  • Human position refers to a position of a human body.
  • Lying (also recumbency or prostration) is a type of human position in which the body is more or less horizontal and supported along its length by the surface underneath.