How to Use belie in a Sentence

belie

verb

• Their actions belie their claim to be innocent.
• Tatis ran the bases with a speed that belied his 6-foot-3 frame.
  — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 Mar. 2018
• The idea that these were stolen to order belies the facts.
  — Swapna Krishna, Smithsonian, 14 Feb. 2017
• But the moves of the workout itself belie this prim ethos.
  — Danielle Friedman, The Cut, 19 Jan. 2018
• But under the hood, there’s a rich set of metrics, some of which belie the price point.
  — Mike Feibus, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2020
• But the very structure of the law belied the state’s argument.
  — Jack Greiner, Cincinnati.com, 18 Jan. 2018
• Johnson tends to play the game with a chip on his shoulder that belies his young age.
  — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 20 Apr. 2020
• But the essence of Biden’s argument is belied by the public record.
  — NBC News, 28 June 2019
• But the women's team's results on the field seem to belie Lloyd's post-2015 critique.
  — NBC News, 4 Mar. 2022
• The city’s suburbs have a peaceful veneer that belies the tensions on the ground.
  — Julia Preston, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024
• The stellar play and the confidence to go with it belie Young's tender age.
  — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 29 May 2021
• At this point, all teams have played between 43 and 49 games, but the numbers belie the tumult.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2020
• Irwin’s words belie the claim that Americans didn’t know about the Nazi war against the Jews.
  — Gil Troy, wsj.com, 14 Apr. 2023
• Perfect lead blocking helped — but so does speed that belies just how big the 250-pound back is.
  — NBC News, 30 Sep. 2024
• Yet the mood belied no indication that the club was about to go under.
  — Gloria Liu, Outside Online, 14 May 2018
• This is a corrupt prosecution that belies any sense of the facts or the law.
  — Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024
• But do their actions in the White House and on Capitol Hill confirm or belie it?
  — Damon Linker, The Week, 19 Oct. 2021
• The nature of the shale boom is such that proved reserves belie the size of the ultimate resource base.
  — Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2019
• But all of the freaks’ requests that Lindsay stay with Nick belie that denial, don’t they?
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2021
• The tearing down of posters of hostages kidnapped by Hamas belies reason.
  — Marc Levine, The Mercury News, 5 Oct. 2024
• But the strength of this team is that its young players already have wise heads that belie their tender years.
  — John Leicester, chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2018
• Their light belies their size, given that the particles range from the size of sand grains to boulders.
  — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2024
• His 5-foot-8 frame belies his savviness and abilities on the court.
  — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
• Like Spider-Man, too, its PG rating belies its jokes and themes for all ages.
  — Laura Zornosa, Time, 30 June 2023
• But that statement belied the last five years of Perez’s tenure.
  — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 17 June 2019
• For 2000, a rather mild restyling job belies bigger changes beneath the Legacy's skin.
  — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 15 July 2023
• His stat line of eight points and six turnovers belies how crucial Miller's performance proved to be.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2020
• So, the premise of the program, school choice, is belied by reality.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
• The Hall of Fame coach whose folksy drawl belied a fiery on-court demeanor that put Maryland on the college basketball map and enabled him to rebuild several struggling programs.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 3 Dec. 2024
• But like all the statements of support coming from European leaders early Wednesday, the offer belies deep concerns that Trump doesn’t care what his allies think.
  — Cnn Staff, CNN, 7 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Jan 2025