: marked by or containing untrue statements : false
a lying account of the accident
lying
2 of 2present participle of lie
Examples of lying in a Sentence
Adjective
that lying son of a gun told me that the used car had never been in an accident
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He was found dead lying face up on his hotel bed with no signs of trauma, according to a Monday report from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Florida.
—Kenan Draughorne, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2022
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“Lying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lying. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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