Word Finder - lying

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To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

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The book lies on the table;  the snow lies on the roof;  he lies in his coffin

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To be placed or situated.

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To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.

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The paper does not lie smooth on the wall.

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Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.

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Used with with: to have sexual relations with.

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Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.

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To lodge; to sleep.

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To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.

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To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.

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To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.

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If you are found to have lied in court, you could face a penalty.

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To convey a false image or impression.

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Photographs often lie.

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To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.

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Sorry, I haven't seen your keys anywhere...wait, I lied! They're right there on the coffee table.

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The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.

She couldn't help feeling disappointed; space looked no different than it had when she was lying on the roof of Evelyn's house.

They're lying on your bed.

I wasn't lying, I just wasn't telling everything.

He was lying, sure enough.

Her eyes were bloodshot but otherwise she looked pale lying on the sheets like a limp doll.

He was lying to her.

He followed her to the family room and made sure she was safely lying down before he left.

It's hard to believe when I feel like she's lying to me.

She had been lying around all day catching up on her sleep while Carmen worked on her bedroom.

Everyone was lying to her or manipulating her.

I was getting very good at evading the truth without actually lying.

You two-timing, lying...

You're smart and I know he wouldn't fool you; you'd know if he was lying.

If you don't stop lying to me, I never will, he replied.

How would I know if you were lying?

Her way involved deals with Darkyn and lying to Gabriel.

He didn't need to read her mind to know she was lying.

Do you think this detective suspects you folks are involved with the tipster or does he simply doesn't know why you're all lying?

Andre didn't deny she was lying to him, which left Gabriel even less certain what to do about his mate.

Well, he's probably not lying.

And I have a million questions, you can't hold anything back, I want the whole truth, no more lying, ever.

Lying to her, even about something this insignificant, felt awful.

By the door of one of these a sick man was lying upon a couch, helpless and pale.

After a while he re-entered it as if to snuff the candles, and, seeing the prince was lying on the sofa, looked at him, noticed his perturbed face, shook his head, and going up to him silently kissed him on the shoulder and left the room without snuffing the candles or saying why he had entered.

There he is lying back in an armchair in his velvet cloak, leaning his head on his thin pale hand.

It was sort of lying around when I was dusting her room.

I haven't been lying to you and I haven't for one minute been seeing you so I could fish for information.

You would know all about lying.

Bianca looked from her pale brother lying too still on the hospital bed to the smiling nurse.

His gaze narrowed, as if about to accuse her of lying.

Then you admit to lying to me to make sure I was stuck in your web.

She was lying in her bedroom, on her bed.

They were on the sofa, Connor lying down with his head in her lap.

Jackson and Elisabeth spent many evenings outdoors lying on the frigid ground, stargazing, pointing out the constellations, and anticipating the occasional falling star.

Carmen moved to the next stall to find the doe lying on her side, pawing at the ground and panting.

They were like, kinda lying low...because of this mistake.

I knew he was lying, I could tell.

I'd be lying if I said I didn't have some fears, but I'm alright now... really.

For all I know, he was lying and will take the northern gate!

It is one of the most frequented watering-places of Europe, lying on the outskirts of the Kaiserwald at an altitude of 2093 ft., and is 40 m.

Consumption of Kohat salt is restricted, on account of its paying less duty, to the tracts lying to the north of the Indus and to the frontier tribes.

He'll know I was lying.

Not only was there a traitor at the Peak, but there were an untold number of insurgents lying in wait.

What he said made sense—it always did, even when he was lying to people.

He stared.  It was not Hannah lying beside him but a demon with blond hair.  Kris pulled his legs beneath him to sit, and Rhyn released him.

He has to be out there, caught in the seaweed at the bottom of Chesapeake Bay, with the fish and crabs having a party, getting as bloated as the fat Wassermann twin lying on the slab at the Norfolk morgue.

I can't believe he thought I'd have a map to Baratto just lying around.

The lying bastard said you sent him.

Part of him felt like a pimply 16-year-old chasing the prom queen, while the rest of him was a lying, cheating sneak thief.

A new name was on the mailbox for apartment C. There were no piled up copies of the Parkside Sentinel lying about.