belie
verb (used with object)
to show to be false; contradict.
will belie
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future tenseof belie.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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But perhaps, lawmakers said, the state government will belie its fractious reputation this time.
From New York Times ● Sep. 29, 2018
Pope-mania – huge crowds, saturation media coverage and reverential welcomes in Congress and the United Nations are expected – will belie the scale of the task.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 22, 2015
The soft footfalls will belie the disco energy transmitted across the dance floor.
From New York Times ● Jun. 25, 2015
Handsomely illustrated and containing notes on opera plots and composers, the venture, if it clears expenses, will belie Simon & Schuster's assertion that music publishing is for them no more than a labor of love.
From Time Magazine Archive
I will belie no man, but this I may say, Here standeth he that brought me to this way: INIQUITY.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by William Carew Hazlitt
