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Belying meaning
present participle and gerund of belie
Using Belying
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of belie
- In the example corpus, belying often appears in combinations such as: belying the, belying her, belying their.
Context around Belying
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Belying
- In this selection, "belying" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, eyes, swagger, rocha and duque stand out and add context to how "belying" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 68 68 belying that claim and because belying the city. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "belying" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with belying
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
But belying the statistics is the headspace I mentioned earlier. (10 words)
He and his sympathizers regarded the vote as belying any claim to halakhic integrity. (14 words)
Because belying the city’s small size is a bevy of chic, world-class accommodations, restaurants and bars, and boutiques. (20 words)
O’Donnell has impressed in the opening matches of the season as Motherwell have continued in their rich vein of from since Kettlewell’s appointment, belying his 31 years by getting up and down the flank in the right wingback role. (41 words)
Despite the score sitting at 47-29 to Jersey after 52 minutes, the well-managed home-side, coached by ex-London Irish and Ospreys prop Ken Dowding, showed a never-say-die attitude belying their league position of tenth. (39 words)
Her jaw thrust forward like a prow, her elfin eyes belying her regal bearing, her wide-screen mouth wrapping itself around those slashing, implacable consonants — they’re all exactly as you remember them and want them to be. (38 words)
Example sentences (17)
Her jaw thrust forward like a prow, her elfin eyes belying her regal bearing, her wide-screen mouth wrapping itself around those slashing, implacable consonants — they’re all exactly as you remember them and want them to be.
In a way that’s refreshing: Men walk behind the camera for the first time with swagger belying their inexperience, which is rarely not annoying.
In one extraordinary passage, Rocha – belying his genteel image among fellow diplomats – espoused raw macho pride in his achievements after his accomplice said the DGI wanted to know if he was still a “compañero” (comrade).
It was by far the best game of this Round 1, the 5-2 final score belying how competitive the match was through 48 minutes.
O’Donnell has impressed in the opening matches of the season as Motherwell have continued in their rich vein of from since Kettlewell’s appointment, belying his 31 years by getting up and down the flank in the right wingback role.
Despite the score sitting at 47-29 to Jersey after 52 minutes, the well-managed home-side, coached by ex-London Irish and Ospreys prop Ken Dowding, showed a never-say-die attitude belying their league position of tenth.
Meanwhile, the ache in Ellis’s jaw following a filling refuses to go away, belying her dentist’s insistence that the pain should be gone by now.
The reason is the boundary revision is not minor, with the constituency’s unchanged name belying the fact that it is essentially merging with one-half of ’s Ross, Skye and Lochaber seat.
A former Olympic gymnast, Telfer was made of pretty strong stuff; her petite frame belying the fortitude she’d shown performing on the world stage as a teenager.
Because belying the city’s small size is a bevy of chic, world-class accommodations, restaurants and bars, and boutiques.
Belying its short wheelbase, SE moved with fluid grace through the big, subtly bowled turns at speeds from 30 to 85 mph, further testament to the compliant yet well controlled chassis.
Mark Brown, of Mt Maunganui, considers himself an “oldie” in the twilight of his career, but displayed rock-solid form during both rounds of 68,68, belying that claim.
Meanwhile, more forfeiture funding didn’t correlate with more solved crimes or lower drug usage rates, belying the notion that civil forfeiture is some essential crime fighting tool.
Belying such mundane origins, it’s a classic chic retreat: secluded, exclusive, and blessed with a prime location right on the beach.
Belying Duque’s conciliatory speech, his Democratic Center party published whole page ads in several of the country’s largest newspapers lambasting the legacy of Juan Manuel Santos’ presidency.
But belying the statistics is the headspace I mentioned earlier.
He and his sympathizers regarded the vote as belying any claim to halakhic integrity.
Common combinations with belying
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: