She called him a dirty liar.
she knew he was a liar when he started claiming that he was an astronaut
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Karen Read calls Jen McCabe a liar on her way out of court
The trial is expected to resume Friday morning with McCabe returning to the stand.—Michael Ruiz , Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2025 And when Hegseth and others effectively called Goldberg a liar and smeared his character, Goldberg calmly produced the receipts.—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025 Everyone else is a liar and a loser and doesn’t have pecs as big as his.—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025 Count My Lies centers on compulsive liar Sloane Caraway, who bluffs her way into a job as a nanny for a gorgeous and charismatic couple, Violet and Jay Lockhart.—Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for liar
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English lēogere, from lēogan to lie — more at lie
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of liar was
before the 12th century
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