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When she said it my lord Duke, who was riding near, looked straight before him, with face which had belied his laugh, had any seen it.

From His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

He had spoken with solemnity, of duty, as higher than love; and she had laughed again, her deep soft laugh, though the look in her eyes had belied her laughter.

From Christina by Moberly, L. G.

I had been foolish, sitting there on the floor reading that message of hers that she had belied.

From The Soldier of the Valley by Lloyd, Nelson

Is he not reproached as if in condemning such principles he had belied the conduct of his whole life, suggesting that his life had been governed by principles similar to those which he now reprobates?

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

And in doing this he had belied every belief in which he had been brought up and the faith which he had inherited from an earlier day--and maybe he had been a fool!

From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.