[ US /bɪˈɫaɪ/ ]
[ UK /bɪlˈa‍ɪ/ ]
VERB
  1. be in contradiction with
  2. represent falsely
    This statement misrepresents my intentions
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How To Use belie In A Sentence

  • I never believed in God, not even between the ages of six and ten, when I was an agnostic.
  • Who is willing to believe that Alexandria is exactly 5000 stadia from Syene, whatever the value of the stadium?
  • We believe that it is okay to charge for healing based on the doctrine, ‘The workman is worthy of his hire.’
  • One can hardly believe that this paper mill was started from scratch only a few years ago.
  • The affair isn't the thing that makes me believe he needs to be removed from office – it's the monumental lack of judgment he displayed in abandoning his states and his duties as governor. Sanford should stay, two top South Carolina papers say
  • We may earnestly believe that they're wrong - whether they're non-Christians, heretics, apostates, agnostics, atheists, or what have you.
  • They are also less likely to get support from strong religious or spiritual beliefs.
  • Washington, who believed liquor a particular scourge among blacks, sent felicitations. LAST CALL
  • The fall in popularity of the death's head and the subsequent prevalence of the cherub was a reflection of the Great Awakening and the belief in the immortality of the soul: "Cherubs reflect a stress on resurrection, while death's heads emphasize the mortality of man. Headstones for Dummies, the New York Edition
  • We believe that this directly relates to reality programming that has been instilled in our race since its conception.
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