Example sentences for: belie

How can you use “belie” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • These giants weigh anything from 90 to 165 kg (200 to 350 pounds), yet they have grace, dignity, and suppleness that belie their massive bulk.

  • The Post asks whether Bradley's criticisms of Gore's policies belie Bradley's professed "rectitude," his "desire to be super-clean," and "his image as an above-the-fray politician."

  • But Yeltsin's determined words belie his weak physical appearance and waning power.

  • Also, Tavris says recent revelations that Gulf War troops may indeed have been exposed to chemical weapons belie Showalter's case.

  • Or click on Alex Ross's review in Slate .) But even Lanzmann makes an interesting case for silence--he believes that causal explanations of Nazi actions belie their deep inexplicability.


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