How to Use lie by in a Sentence

lie by

verb

• David whistled to the dog in one clip, as the pooch lay by his head and snuggled up to him.
  — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
• In the middle of the night, Belly finds Conrad lying by the pool.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 13 Aug. 2023
• God himself was the one who showed Samuel how to lie by pretending to sacrifice a heifer.
  — Daniella Mestyanek Young, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2022
• One kneels to check on the person who had been lying by a table, while the other stands nearby and watches.
  — oregonlive, 24 Feb. 2023
• Friend never did own up to how long her lies by omission had been occurring.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 26 June 2023
• This will come as a shock to your friend, who apparently has never had anyone lie by omission to land a sale.
  — Kris Frieswick, WSJ, 13 May 2022
• She was left lying by the front door, where a staff member found Ms. Antonio on the ground holding a can of alcohol, the report said.
  — Jack Healy, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2023
• In real life, men who habitually lie by omission tend not to change.
  — Holly Thomas, CNN, 25 Mar. 2022
• His German shepherd, Dora, lay by his side all night, whimpering.
  — Anastacia Galouchka, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• The sentencings come after the Proud Boys trial that laid bare far-right extremists’ embrace of lies by Trump, a Republican, that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
  — Lindsay Whitehurst, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
• The sentencings come after the Proud Boys trial laid bare far-right extremists’ embrace of lies by Trump, a Republican, that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
  — Lindsay Whitehurst, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Sep. 2023
• Tributes lie by a tree near which a female body was discovered in a passenger car in Ingolstadt, Germany, in August.
  — Andy Eckardt, NBC News, 31 Jan. 2023
• As described in the indictment, it was fueled by lies -- lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the U.S. government.
  — ABC News, 24 Dec. 2023
• Now, lying by a makeshift tent outside what was once his home, Mr. Ahmad, 40, was torn between the incomprehensible pain of losing his family and the tiny spark of hope that somewhere, somehow, his son might still be alive.
  — Yaqoob Akbary, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
• That informant later recanted his testimony and swore in an affidavit that he'd been paid to lie by the investigator.
  — Amber Hunt, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2023
• Prosecutors, jurors, and judges took Conley’s denial to reflect an unwillingness to testify against other cops, a lie by omission.
  — Daniel Simons, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2011
• It was fueled by lies, lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the U.S. government, the nation's process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election.
  — CBS News, 6 Aug. 2023
• In her June 2019 motion asking for Johnson's release, Gardner said that the only eyewitness, who tied Johnson to the murder, had recanted and admitted he had been pressured to lie by investigators.
  — CBS News, 18 July 2021
• Because the statements came long after Mosby signed the mortgage applications, and their awareness of several investigations focusing on their taxes, prosecutors argued the couple had motive to lie by that point.
  — Jean Marbella, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2024
• The people of Mexico responded to that lie by depriving his party of its supermajority in Mexico’s legislative lower house.
  — Josh Jones, National Review, 11 July 2021
• Upon learning a federal agent planned to interview a Tricare beneficiary about his prescription, Myers instructed the man to lie by claiming he had been examined by a doctor before getting his prescription.
  — Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 18 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024