LYING in a Sentence

Learn LYING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
256 example sentences for LYING, such as:
1. I got in trouble for lying.
2. I believe you're lying about a siege.
3. He was lying on the sofa watching TV.
4. It's lying you are, and I'm proud of it.
5. The body was lying on the kitchen floor.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of LYING
lying
 n.  the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Besides, he hated lying; if he wanted the money he wanted it, and it was nobody's business to ask why.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IV
2  She stood silent, her hands lying cold and relaxed in his.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  The thought of the animal's suffering was intolerable to him and he struggled to raise himself, and could not because a rock, or some huge mass, seemed to be lying on him.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
4  It's lying you are, and I'm proud of it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
5  Gradually the plantation widened out, as Gerald bought more acres lying near him, and in time the white house became a reality instead of a dream.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
6  Scarlett had made certain that Melanie was lying down on the bed with Honey and Hetty Tarleton before she slipped into the hall and started down the stairs.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
7  She caught hold of the back of the chair, her knees going weak under her, as Rhett Butler rose from the sofa where he had been lying and made her a bow of exaggerated politeness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  She was seventeen years old and she had a husband lying at Oakland Cemetery and a baby in his cradle at Aunt Pittypat's and everyone thought she should be content with her lot.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
9  A gentleman always appeared to believe a lady even when he knew she was lying.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
10  But she could not answer, so stricken was she by the pictures her mind was drawing, Ashley lying dead in the snows of Virginia, so far away from her.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
11  But lying weak and forlorn in the bed, she could only nod.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
12  Rhett, Captain Randall was lying to me, just like all the men do-- trying to keep the truth from us women for fear we'll faint.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
13  I believe you're lying about a siege.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
14  She said, after each pain: "It wasn't very bad, really," and Scarlett knew she was lying.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
15  She ran around the wagon and saw him lying on his side.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
Example Sentence: (46 in 4 pages)
1  The streetcar was derailed by a stone lying across the rails of a track.
2  The libel claim followed an article which insinuated that the President was lying.
3  A leading article in "The Times" accused the minister of lying.
4  The artist had depicted her lying naked on a bed.
5  The attorney demonstrated that the witness was lying.
6  He's quite capable of lying to get out of trouble.
7  I got in trouble for lying.
8  He was lying on the sofa watching TV.
9  He spread-eagled his limbs while lying on the grass.
10  I won't insult your intelligence by lying.
11  The body was lying on the kitchen floor.
12  He was just lying there completely pissed.
13  A heap of old clothes was lying in the corner.
14  The prosecution was able to establish beyond reasonable doubt that the woman had been lying.
15  He could have been lying injured on the moors after a fall from his horse.