Example sentences for: lied

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

  • In an editorial Monday devoted to the Clinton impeachment, the Times of London said that only a confession by the president that he had lied under cross-examination could bring the trial to a swift end.

  • Regardless of whether he committed any criminal act, Clinton should quit if he had sex with Lewinsky and lied to America about it: "It would confirm a clear pattern of Clintonite behavior, one of reckless risk-taking followed by deceit.

  • Yes, I know that there is no definite proof that Justice Thomas lied under oath to the Senate subcommittee when he said that Anita Hill's allegations were false, but if the Republican House believes that felony perjury is impeachable, aren't they obliged to thoroughly investigate the possibility that Thomas lied?

  • The LAT editorial page calls on the Senate "to fashion a strong resolution of censure that would require Clinton to acknowledge, at last, that he lied under oath", and then to get on with the business of government.

  • Assuming that vote fails, senators will evidently consider whether to censure Clinton or to approve "findings of fact" that he lied under oath and interfered with the judicial system.


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