Examples
“Of a carpet or any inanimate subject we should say, "It lies on the floor," "A knife _lies_ on the table," not _lays_.”
“Yet some ill natured skeptics have construed this to mean that all will tell lies sometimes, for -- as they accent it, even "Truth _lies_, at the bottom of a well!”
“On the whole, no man ought, for any cause, to speak lies, or have anything to do with _lies; _ but either hold his tongue, or speak a bit of the truth: that is the meaning of a _tongue, _ people used to know!”
The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II.
“***don't forget to point out the smearing lies the lying smearers are smearing with all their lies***”
“Different people may have equally no doubt as to what “gay marriage” means, but different opinions on where the term lies on this continuum.”
“The best way for pathalogical liers to not get caught in lies is to not say anything at all.”
Think Progress » McClellan Walks Back Denial of NY Daily News Story
“Meanwhile, the originator of the phrase "Liberal Fascism" was H.G. Wells, and his conception of the term lies at the very heart of my book's argument.”
“The real meat of the title lies in its elements of combat and questing.”
“Palin said she will continue to speak out to prevent what she called lies from damaging her politically.”
The Washington Post: Palin says criticism won't make her 'sit down ... shut up'
“Because he was appalled and personally offended by what he called the lies being told in the U.S. about the Canadian health delivery system.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lies’.
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This is not a list
you know that thing where the Eskimos have 50 words for snow?
little white lie, big lie, the Big Lie, economical with t..., muddy the waters, fabrication, deception, lies, damned lies..., façade, slander, omission, web of lies and 159 more...
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Curling, The Roaring Game
Terms and phrases associated with the game and sport of curling.
hack, tee, hogscore, hatch, trigger, stone, end, sweeper, broom, curling sheet, hog line, centre line and 288 more...
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Words that can be spelled on an upsid...
Imagine my joy when I was wearing my calculator watch and was first introduced to someone named Leslie - there was exactly enough room on the display for 317537.14.
Edit: I've discove...hi, hello, leslie, sheesh, she, bells, hells, hog, boss, goggles, he, bob and 233 more...
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Cage
cage, depart, nothing, void, strain, unconscious, never, alone, floor, God, hell, winter and 219 more...
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eloise's Words
embrace, perfect, imagine, dance, water, color, echo, hollow, sorrow, beauty, impossible, violet and 438 more...
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homonyms
Words that sound alike!
hear, hair, fear, fair, meat, meet, here, male, meal, mail, lies, lyes and 8 more...
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the boy with no voice
voiceless, drowned, noise, neon, fluorescent, deafened, percussion, aeroplanes, lies, truth, no one, blue and 1 more...
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Jessica
loved, confused, happy, sad, stressed, me, new, cant let go, wont let go, turn back, stay, go and 30 more...
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Smallville
words relating to the TV show Smallville (the early years of Clark Kent!)
fly, friends, lies, super, shelby, daily planet, save, kansas, cornfields, barn, mansion, wall of weird and 74 more...
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Feel
feelings
apathy, numb, reckless, anger, sadness, cut, happiness, different, words, thoughts, help, no one and 21 more...
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Things I detest
lies, liars, idiocy, ignorance, superficiality, promiscuity, balloons, yellow, pink, socializing, norms, common sense and 40 more...
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darintr's Words
meritocracy, conundrum, magnanimous, kumquat, dire, crazy, change, innocuous, euphoric, brahminical, ambidextrous, crack and 41 more...
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001 - hearing only echoes {lovelylights}
the first list in a series of lists.
betrayed, bones, boundary, seduction, brighter, escorts, vocal, lies, mystery, demanding, rapture, delicate and 7 more...
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palabras que suenan como homónimo, pe...
los palabras cual suenan equal, pero es differente.
lake, leg, eyes, ice, woke, walk, lice, lies, sleep, sweep, run, wrong and 4 more...
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Quotables
Wonderful words featured in some of my favourite quotable quotes.
shirty, coffee spoons, vociferate, lies, happiness, insanity, writing, despair, commandeer, heaven, doubt, abstract and 48 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for lies.
GHibbs It is important to distinguish the 2 verbs 'lie/lies/lying/lay/lain' which is about position and 'lie/lies/lying/lied' which is about telling what is untrue. Sep 8, 2011
anydelirium 'The cruelest lies are often told in silence.' -Robert Louis Stevenson Feb 17, 2008