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How to use belie in a sentence

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There are passages of quiet contemplation and introspection that belie any sense of terror.
Yet the island's origins and evolution belie the tranquility and leisureliness it has come to embody.
But even these diminutive numbers tend to belie the extremely small spaces into which a ferret can fit.
Although his lyrics of love and heartache belie his teenage years, Mario is still striving for his own unique sound.
The idyllic scenes and saccharine, sunshiny colors he favors belie the sinister underpinnings of totalitarian rule.
Pretty, slender features and a chocolate brown colouring belie the fatty marbled meat within.
Appearances belie reality and as the madness gains momentum, hilarity ensues in this classic comic farce of mistaken identities.
Though the directing and acting may belie the indie roots of this film, you'll see them more easily when you pop this disc into your player.
He says he can't do it any longer, but you sense his words belie his feelings.
Already, we have encountered many instances that would belie any such claim.
The latest offering from Frenchie punksters Burning Heads seems to belie the cliche that punk is dead.
These figures belie the constantly repeated claims of mass popular support for the brutal war.
The frumpy looks belie this mid-engined car's beguiling flat-six engine and fabulous handling.
Heart-shaped leaves and demure purple flowers belie this ground cover's boldness.
I was a first-year medical student when I first realized that outward appearances occasionally belie the truth.
The exhaustion shows, though his military bearing and appearance belie the toll the case has taken on him.
In the Qalqiliya region, teeming greenhouses belie the difficulties of the rural population.
The reasons people move are varied and multifaceted, and belie the categories we have constructed.
These adaptations belie the kinship that exists between whales and their closest living relatives.
But at first glance, the study of American presidential elections seems to belie that characterisation.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The eave swallow and barn swallow and the chimney swift all belie their names in the few wild haunts still uninvaded by man.
She laughed to belie her words, but the note of agitation was not to be concealed.
One species, the porcupine grass, bears a name that does not belie its character.
When they asked him who he was, he answered, a lutanist, nor did the trial belie his profession.
The scenic burbling lava fountains of Kilauea volcano, on the Big Island of Hawaii, belie the mountain's volatile nature.
This assertion seems to belie Pitt's reputation for truthfulness.
And here, the hospitality of the Dervish does not belie his Arab blood.
Since he had begun to belie his nature, mischief possessed him.
Archer's horse did not belie the character he had given of him.
However, a warm savory steam from the kitchen served to belie the apparently cheerless prospect before us.
That he does not belie them will be evidenced hereafter, when we have occasion again to touch at Wishram and navigate the rapids.
We do not fade and decay here as you tell me those of your planet do, though you, yourself, belie your own words.
He struck me as stupid, and yet the deftness with which he worked with his one hand seemed to belie his stupidity.
The nation which consented to the overthrow and death of the late king, the father of this one, and which will not be willing to belie its acts.
His character and appearance were brutal, nor did they belie his brawn.
I think you belie her,' said Heathcliff, twisting his chair to face them.
I fear you not, Sir Knight,'' replied Rebecca, although her short-drawn breath seemed to belie the heroism of her accents my trust is strong, and I fear thee not.
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