belies
Americanverb
Etymology
Origin of belies
Example Sentences
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Advocates of administrative tribunals claim they’re more efficient than federal courts, but the Ross case belies this conceit.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
Tuesday’s bounce put the S&P 500 fractionally ahead for the year, but that break-even showing belies massive moves underneath.
From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026
Dancing dominates campaign rallies in Ivory Coast but the pulsing energy and fervour belies concerns about the political landscape in the world's largest cocoa producer.
From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025
While Maron sometimes kvetches about Feinartz’s hovering cameras, he seems to have given him a kind of all-access pass to his daily life in a way that belies his trademark crankiness.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025
But sometimes a person who seems easy is one whose calm outside belies a troubled and turbulent inside.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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