How to Use lie in a Sentence

lie

1 of 2 noun

• This is the moment to speak the truth, and to bury the lies.
  — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2024
• The lies that are gonna be told in these last three days of the campaign are over the top.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023
• Those who wake up from that lie and try to grow, and those who don’t.
  — Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Oct. 2023
• Still, the sting of Garcia's lies was hard for Gay, 49, to overcome.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 23 Jan. 2024
• In the world of the automated, where does the real risk lie?
  — Andrej Jonovic, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
• The front of the neck—on the sides of the throat—is where the carotid arteries and jugular veins lie, Neira explained.
  — Julia Landwehr, Health, 26 Jan. 2024
• But Jews, along with the rest of the country, are divided about where the line between the two lies.
  — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2023
• Elizabeth Lamin: All of his kind of cards of lies are about to crumble.
  — Jamie Yuccas, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2023
• But that would only confirm the racist lie at the heart of the genocide and lead to further conflict.
  — Jonathan M. Hansen, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
• Gates is just one of many officials who have had enough with the lies and attacks.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2024
• Certainly Mary earns well over half the credit just for the baldness and bulk of her lies.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023
• But that is where the heart and the durability of his excellence lie.
  — Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
• Countering lies about his health, then, is a way to honor his life’s work.
  — Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2023
• The five-minute song is a slugfest fueled by disappointment and lies.
  — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 15 Sep. 2023
• Video taken by a bystander shows the 24-year-old with his arms wrapped around the other man's neck in a chokehold as the two lie on the floor of the subway car.
  — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
• His claim of a connection to Brewster may be not so much a lie but a case of wishful thinking.
  — Robert Draper, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
• In short, the ultra-high-definition future for TV has turned out to be a lie.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2024
• The burrow they were born in lies three miles west of Wellington, New Zealand’s capital, in the suburb of Makara.
  — Pete McKenzie, New York Times, 4 Dec. 2023
• As was the case with Derek’s counterfeiting tale, there are truths sprinkled between the lies.
  — Sean Williams, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2023
• That’s despite the fact that his years of lies had already caused some 24 percent of Americans to believe that the events had been staged.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Mar. 2024
• And the lies are going to continue and the crisis will grow until the American people change the party in the White House.
  — Fox News Staff, Fox News, 6 Oct. 2023
• Richer’s lawyers wrote in their complaint that Lake has the right to criticize Richer but not to spread lies that bring him harm.
  — Jonathan J. Cooper, Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2023
• On one side, that's the truth, and that is reality, and the other side is propaganda and lies.
  — ABC News, 31 Dec. 2023
• The book immediately sells and takes on a life of its own, leaving Monk to navigate the web of lies he’s spun.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2024
• At least, that's what the 35-year-old — a superfan of the long-running trivia show — is hoping lies in her future.
  — Simrin Singh, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2024
• Outside Rufino and Enedina’s house, a chunk of a wooden pole with steps still nailed in lies in the grass.
  — Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• In the wake of the two deaths, the sliver of solace her family has found lies in the thought that the couple is back together in heaven, Cartwright said.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2023
• The album is about the process of realizing the truth hidden in lies on the theme of a dystopian world in a cinematic form.
  — Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 8 June 2023
• Could there be a more cogent statement of aesthetics in a world, now as much as in the Cold War era, built on a foundation of lies?
  — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023
• Even with that wealth of clues, Bonetti remains an enigma, an amalgam of evasions and lies and spin.
  — Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 7 June 2023

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lie

2 of 2 verb

• At the head of the bed lay more petals placed into the shape of a large heart.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 30 July 2023
• His arms were crossed, and a handgun lay on the floor next to him.
  — Justin Jouvenal, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Aug. 2023
• Hens scoop out a nest on the ground and lay between five and 15 eggs.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024
• The heart of the thing lies in Ian Shaw’s playing his father.
  — Vulture, 10 Aug. 2023
• At that point, even lying in the shade would not be safe.
  — Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023
• Start lying on your back, with the band above your knees.
  — Mallory Creveling, Health, 3 Sep. 2023
• Piers stretch out onto the mud, and boats lie on the beaches a half-mile from the water.
  — Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 11 June 2023
• His plane, however, lay scattered in pieces on the floor of the lake for decades.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Sep. 2023
• Random pieces of clothing and a red makeup bag lie in the mud.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024
• For months, his body had lain in the Hinds County morgue, unclaimed.
  — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2023
• Just remove the pits from your dates, lay them out over a baking sheet, and press them flat.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2023
• For Giorgi, the pleasure of the project lies in its Edenic innocence.
  — Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2023
• Then, the assailants fled, as Darnell lay dying on the pavement, the eighth homicide in the city this year.
  — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
• Tillie and the Wall tells the tale of a mouse who, curious about what lies beyond a wall, digs under it.
  — Maya P. Lim, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2023
• Instead, Spears lay on her bathroom floor for hours in pain.
  — TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
• It's designed to hang on the back of your griddle when not being used but does not lie flush on the back of the unit when the drip pan is in place.
  — goodhousekeeping.com, 1 June 2023
• The next photo showed Malcolm lying on the streets of New York City, legs splayed as his dad stared down at him.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
• The front of Augie’s Marquis was essentially gone, and parts of his car lay scattered across the garage.
  — Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
• Remove the root ball from its container and lay it on a plastic sheet.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2024
• Su’s boss instructs her to lie about his whereabouts on calls from both his wife and his mistress.
  — Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2023
• Is there a chance the company may embark on a merger or cut costs and lay people off in the months ahead?
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 9 June 2023
• The video cuts to Shepard, who is lying on the floor, wearing a gray neck pillow, and pulling a blanket up to his chest.
  — Amanda Kaufman, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
• The answer lies in the fear of being seen as overly dependent or needy.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• At that time, a sheltered sea lay above the Waitaki District.
  — Discover Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
• Connie told Dateline that Mark was found by a creek, lying on his side with his face in the water.
  — Nicolás Viñuela, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2023
• Most of us try to push down some of those memories, but in those memories lies so much hope and strength and courage.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2023
• Nearby lies an outdoor pool and pool house, along with a two-car garage and a private backyard.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 19 July 2023
• He was found lying in the middle of the street with a gunshot wound, a 911 caller reported.
  — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024
• His spectacles had fallen off and now lay in a pool of vomit.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 June 2023
• Some people lay on their backs in their eclipse glasses while others did tai chi.
  — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 9 May 2024