How to Use lie detector in a Sentence

lie detector

noun
  • The murder suspect failed a lie detector test.
  • Others have failed the lie detector test over the years.
    D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Maybe the biggest lie of all is that lie detectors can work.
    Steven Levy, WIRED, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Watch Blake Shelton fail a lie detector test on The Voice above.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Tonight also features the results of lie detector tests, and the results are sure to stir up the house.
    Katey Clifford, al, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Lil Nas X is ready for the results of Maury's lie detector test!
    Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 18 Nov. 2021
  • Don was eager to speak of murder and lie detector tests and a man named Charlie, but the misters came on and sprayed him.
    Edgar The Snail, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2022
  • The lie detector test technician then confirmed that the actress was telling the truth.
    Abby Dupes, Seventeen, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Jenner was telling the truth, according to the lie detector.
    Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Past chiefs have considered bringing in the FBI to do lie detector tests.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 May 2022
  • He was polygraphed by the premier lie detector firm in the country, which concluded Feit was not telling the truth.
    CBS News, 16 Apr. 2017
  • Leonarde Keeler administered the first lie detector test in a court on this day in 1935.
    Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 2 Feb. 2017
  • The lie detector test determined that is a lie (Maury voice).
    Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 30 Apr. 2018
  • The men took out a black box that Dzhabrailov presumed was a lie detector but that turned out to be a machine that delivered electric shocks.
    Katy Steinmetz, Time, 26 July 2019
  • Like the lie detector polygraph, responses to the questions need to be compared to a baseline.
    Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Watch Olsen take Vanity Fair’s lie detector test in the video below.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 13 May 2022
  • That same day, Ellefson sat for a lie detector test with Scottsdale police.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 7 June 2021
  • Although King failed a lie detector test, this was not discussed at trial.
    Dallas Morning News, 9 Apr. 2020
  • But the lie detector questions didn't stop at Kourtney's wedding dress.
    Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Last year Brown took a lie detector test for Vanity Fair about Wolfhard's kissing skills, and the results were brutal.
    Amanda Curran, Glamour, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Steve Pence even produced results from a lie detector test that Pitino passed.
    Langston Wertz Jr., charlotteobserver, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Watch Tatum’s full lie detector interview in the video below.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Sajudin apparently passed a lie detector test on the idea, prompting AMI to pay him for the exclusive rights to the story, all in order to kill it.
    Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
  • Fast forward to a recent lie detector test with Vanity Fair, Tatum was now happy to report the feud is over between the two girls.
    Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The affair is revealed to Ashley on the show and drama ensues, which includes finding out if Ariza is the father of the child, and some lie detector action.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2021
  • In other iterations of the show, this has involved a lie detector.
    Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2021
  • The beverage company plans to give her a lie detector test in February 2020, when the challenge ends.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 5 Oct. 2019
  • The quip came when the Modern Family actress was tasked with taking a lie detector test on stage at Cowell's request.
    Kelly Martinez, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The documentary gives true crime fans a closer look at Shanann Watts' life, early police body cam footage, Chris Watts' failed lie detector test, and more.
    Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 10 Oct. 2022
  • She had been prepared to talk to the police for months, submitting to a lie detector test in September 2017, a week before the Weinstein news broke.
    Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 21 May 2019

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