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lying

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"Not telling the truth"

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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/Part of speech nounSorted gilnyStarts with LEnds with G1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

Used in a sentence

  • Without shutting herself up from her family ... or lying awake the whole night to indulge meditation, Elinor found every day afforded her leisure enough to think of Edward.
  • 1854, Saint Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXIV, translated by Philip Schaff et al. But whom could the lyings in wait of the human heart escape?
  • Trump’s lying is no less constant or blatant than in 2016, but by now it feels familiar, already priced in. What more is there to say about the “war on truth” a decade into Trump’s political career?

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