How to Use lie to in a Sentence

lie to

verb

• The fastest way to erode that trust is to lie to your employees.
  — Jean Serra, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
• The island lies to the west of the rest of the Andaman archipelago.
  — Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 5 Jan. 2024
• Many of those posted in this hottest of hot zones lie to their families.
  — Steve Hendrix and Serhii Korolchuk, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2023
• The worst part was how my mother used to encourage me to lie to her, to pretend how great things were.
  — Ling Ma, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
• Combs allegedly told Jones to lie to the police and instead say that the man was hit in a drive-by shooting.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
• Bank employees who lie to their board about the bank’s finances, to keep their jobs and the value of their stock, can be fired if they’re caught.
  — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Oct. 2021
• Kelly and his confidants told the family to lie to the grand jury.
  — Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2022
• In many cases those people aren’t wrong that the government was lying to them.
  — Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• The next day may be filled with regret and multiple lies to one’s partner, but that’s hours or days later.
  — Steve Silverman, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2024
• Now Democrats will be armed with texts that show the network’s stars were lying to its viewers about January 6.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 3 Mar. 2023
• Kazakhstan, with a population of 20 million, lies to the north of the Caspian Sea and a small area on the eastern side, with Russia on the western side of the Sea.
  — Ian Palmer, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
• The bank wasn’t trying to pull a fast one on depositors or lie to inspectors.
  — The Editors, National Review, 15 Mar. 2023
• Boy gets frustrated at boy’s friend, asking boy’s friend to just lie to boy when boy is clearly in a paranoid state like this.
  — Jen Kim, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2023
• The downtown areas of Hartford and those that lie to the west of the city show higher vaccination rates in general.
  — Dave Altimari, courant.com, 3 June 2021
• While knocking back drinks, the two playfully lie to each other about their jobs and upbringings.
  — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2023
• Intentionally lying to viewers, though, that to me seemed to cross a line. GOV.
  — NBC News, 5 Mar. 2023
• Kids also outsmart their parents and sometimes lie to or disobey them.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
• Detectives by law are also not allowed to lie to suspects.
  — NBC News, 10 Apr. 2022
• Alexander Smirnov, 43, is facing charges in connection with lying to the FBI and creating false records.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2024
• Miranda lies to the security guards about being free and easy after losing her phone and sneaks it in.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 29 June 2023
• Musk, the platform’s owner, had joined in, amplifying the lie to his millions of followers.
  — Donie O'Sullivan, CNN, 20 Nov. 2023
• Scammers may instruct you to lie to someone, such as a spouse, financial adviser or even your bank.
  — Alain Sherter, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2024
• Imes also admitted to disposing of his son’s body and lying to deputies, Shuster said.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2023
• Democrats first tried to force an expulsion vote in May, when Santos was first hit with federal charges of wire fraud, lying to officials and more.
  — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 17 Nov. 2023
• According to the attorney, a number of people who claimed Gastellu confessed to them had reasons to lie to police.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2023
• Its narrator, Marco, was overly concerned with what made for a good story; what if the book encouraged children to lie to their parents?
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2024
• But in June 2023, Paul was charged with eight counts for lying to lenders and later indicted on four additional counts of fraud and conspiracy.
  — Forbes Under 30 Team, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• Countless personal accounts give the lie to this argument.
  — William B. Allen, National Review, 28 July 2023
• But that's where the opportunities lie to attract more women to STEM professions.
  — Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
• That same trip played a major role in the case against Englander, who served prison time for lying to federal investigators.
  — Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024