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'lie' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'lie' with 20 example sentences.


lie verb

: be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

: be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position

: originate (in)

: be and remain in a particular state or condition

: tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive

: have a place in relation to something else

: assume a reclining position

lie noun

: a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

: position or manner in which something is situated


  • Please promise me you'll never lie to me again.
  • I wasn't lying when I said that I loved you.
  • Don't leave your things lying around.
  • You're telling lies again.
  • Never tell the truth when a lie will do.
  • Repeating a lie does not make it true.
  • It was all a big lie.
  • Turtles lay their eggs in the sand.
  • Do you have difficulty breathing when you lie down flat?
  • I lied to my parents.
  • I can always tell when you're lying.
  • They've started believing their own lies.
  • He never lies to me.
  • They lied to protect themselves.
  • I know that you lied.
  • I wonder which one of you is lying.
  • You shouldn't have lied to him about the baby.
  • He loves to lie in the grass on a sunny day.
  • One of them is probably lying.
  • I was never in the habit of lying.
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