Examples of lie to in a Sentence
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To the best of your ability, go back and verify that this person is lying to the family.
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Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Because the superior metric, Gross Output (GO), gives lie to the dogma that consumer spending drives the economy.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
And don’t let the mind lie to the eyes.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025
Camara, who’s from Rehoboth, also pleaded guilty to perjury for lying to a federal grand jury.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
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Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Because the superior metric, Gross Output (GO), gives lie to the dogma that consumer spending drives the economy.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
And don’t let the mind lie to the eyes.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2025
Camara, who’s from Rehoboth, also pleaded guilty to perjury for lying to a federal grand jury.
—Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Lie to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lie%20to. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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