How do you use Lying in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like mendacious or untruthful, plus the exact meaning.
Lying in a sentence
Lying meaning
present participle and gerund of lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”)
Synonyms of Lying
Using Lying
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”)
- Useful related words include: mendacious, untruthful, prevarication, fabrication.
- In the example corpus, lying often appears in combinations such as: lying on, lying to, lying in.
Context around Lying
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 10 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lying
- In this selection, "lying" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, low, man, pure, footpaths, roads and shows stand out and add context to how "lying" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a man lying on a, accomplice is lying and he, lying down and man lying. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lying" sits close to words such as hardware, totally and maintaining, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lying
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
She is lying or he is lying. (7 words)
Pure lying,” referring to how the ex-lawyer admitted lying under oath in a 2018 case. (16 words)
They have to decide was he lying in court in 2005 or is he lying now? (16 words)
As I stare at the piles of outcast clothes lying on my closet floor, I think of my mom lying in a hospital bed, where I can’t visit her and cheer her up by reminiscing about our Saturday excursions, and sharing with her the latest happenings from my life. (50 words)
Lakers’ LeBron James on Jacob Blake shooting: “If you’re sitting there telling me there was no way to subdue or detain him before the firing of guns, then you’re lying to not only me, you’re lying to every Black person in the community. (46 words)
On Fox News, lying about an adulterous affair is a much bigger deal than getting in bed with Russians during a presidential campaign and then trying to cover it up - if it's a Democrat doing the lying and a Republican betraying his country. (44 words)
Or you’re the guy who's lying, then you get to come back and do another scene, and you reveal that you were lying, right? (26 words)
They have to decide was he lying in court in 2005 or is he lying now? (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
People r suffering bcoz of you lying lying n lying, there r some old passengers on wheel chairs, not in a very good health condition.
In New Jersey over 85% admit to lying about their education, and 86% admit to lying on their resume or in an interview.
Or you’re the guy who's lying, then you get to come back and do another scene, and you reveal that you were lying, right?
The agency is urging people to avoid low lying footpaths near local watercourses and plan driving routes to avoid low lying roads near rivers, which may be flooded.
While lying is generally a negative thing, the fact that kids are capable of lying shows that their thought process is maturing.
AP footage shows two children with face injuries rushed inside Al-Aqsa hospital, while a man lying on a stretcher inside an ambulance was wailing in pain as two other men were lying face down.
Pure lying,” referring to how the ex-lawyer admitted lying under oath in a 2018 case.
As I stare at the piles of outcast clothes lying on my closet floor, I think of my mom lying in a hospital bed, where I can’t visit her and cheer her up by reminiscing about our Saturday excursions, and sharing with her the latest happenings from my life.
Lakers’ LeBron James on Jacob Blake shooting: “If you’re sitting there telling me there was no way to subdue or detain him before the firing of guns, then you’re lying to not only me, you’re lying to every Black person in the community.
Clinton got impeached for lying about a beej in the Oval Office just like Cheeto should be impeached for lying about treason in the Oval Office.
Jason will obviously know Shiloh Archer’s (Coby Ryan McLaughlin) accomplice is lying, and he’ll have strong suspicions about who he’s lying for.
On Fox News, lying about an adulterous affair is a much bigger deal than getting in bed with Russians during a presidential campaign and then trying to cover it up - if it's a Democrat doing the lying and a Republican betraying his country.
They have to decide was he lying in court in 2005 or is he lying now?
While news anchor Chris Wallace valiantly tried to push back on this argument during the 6 o’clock hour—“process crimes are not parking tickets, process crimes are lying to federal prosecutors, they’re lying to the FBI.
Yet, with many either possessing low-lying islands or composed entirely of low-lying atolls, they are extremely vulnerable to the effects of climate change, beginning with rising sea levels.
After spending the last two weeks lying about Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi — claiming that he left the consulate in Istanbul — Riyadh is lying again.
But, Fitch said, that approach can also make interviewees more nervous and cause them to display the kind of hesitation interviewers consider a sign of lying — whether they’re lying or not.
Lying to your child about Santa at three is very different from lying to your child about Santa at thirty.
Police broke open the lock and found G Aparna lying in a pool of blood in the kitchen while her daughter Kartikeya was lying on the bed alongside grandmother Vijaya Lakshmi.
She is lying or he is lying.
Phrases with lying
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
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×