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Lying in a sentence
Lying meaning
present participle and gerund of lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”)
Synonyms of Lying
Example sentences (20)
An older man with a long white beard appears to be deep in thought while looking at a globe with books lying nearby.
Argentine lying about “British “usurpation” of the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands “ should be the only embarrassment.
A visit to the camp showed a huge amount of extracted sand gravel lying within the premises of the makeshift camp.
Charl Schwartzel was the best of the South Africans, lying nine shots off the pace of the leaders on two-over par.
A fifth person, meanwhile, is lying face-up and sprawled on the floor nearby while the alleged attack is taking place.
A lifeless Clodagh meanwhile was lying face down on the sitting room sofa wearing her pyjamas and dressing gown.
Dave then received a chilling text from Cari, saying: “I am not lying, I set that nasty wh*re’s house on fire.
Beyond that world champion Michael Smith could be lying in wait ahead of what would be a mouthwatering round of 16 clash.
But some have even turned their attention to the driver who, they believe, shouldn't have accepted the defeat lying down.
About 40% of people in New Jersey lie most often to their bosses, and shockingly 36% have admitted lying about loving someone.
At one point, a woman told Stiefler that Fox News never had to pay any money for lying to their viewers.
But what he does have is chutzpah and, apparently, a whole bunch of bottles of Trump water lying around.
Also discovered at the scene was an unresponsive 40-year-old woman lying face down on the front lawn.
After the attack, Aponte fled on a motorcycle, leaving Kelly unconscious and lying on the ground, police sources said at the time.
Allegations of lying and of being unpatriotic are also routinely part of the arsenal of denigration.
A simple, no-nonsense, “steady Eddie”, Berge plays in a deep-lying midfield role, or what European football fans may call a “six”.
And so it unravelled and it was a blatant foul as we worked out that SOS security were lying to us.
A police officer said, “The bodies were found lying inside the house at a distance from each other.
Carranza was lying sideways when he kicked the ball inside the far post for his 14th of the season.
Brydon says her son has “always been thankful” to her for not lying to him “and hasn’t had any trouble seeing Christmas as magical”.
Phrases with lying
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Common combinations with lying
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- lying on 34×
- lying to 28×
- lying in 23×
- lying about 18×
- was lying 17×
- is lying 11×
- be lying 10×
- lying and 9×
- lying down 9×
- of lying 7×
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