lied
1 Americanverb
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of lied
Borrowed into English from German around 1850–55
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She said when she confronted Griffiths he initially denied everything before admitting he had lied because he had never felt good enough.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
“Epstein was a masterful liar, and he clearly lied to me,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Here, though, we learn something important: Penelope never lied to him.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
“He lied because he loved to. Lying was, for him, an art, and he did it exceptionally well.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
Leah ultimately found one explanation that covered almost any difficult séance situation—the spirit world contained humbugs just like the mortal one— some spirits liked to play tricks; others simply lied.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
The pianist Irwin Gage accompanies Heynis on a disc of German lieder.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
And lieder, folk and church music alone, no matter how immaculately sung, rarely turn artists into stars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026
He was accepted as a choral scholar, and began to learn about opera and lieder while studying archaeology and anthropology.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2022
Apart from “An die ferne Geliebte,” Beethoven’s lieder are chronically overlooked next to his towering achievements in the symphony, sonata and string quartet.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2022
She hadn’t been home very long before she decided that she ought to go back to Europe, this time to Germany, where she could immerse herself in the study of German lieder.
From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman
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