In a sentence
Six example sentences with belie, each labelled with its topic.
His steady voice belied the panic underneath; the monitor showed a pulse racing well past a hundred beats.
Psychology
The tidy office belies the chaos of the launch week, when the team slept under desks for nine nights.
Startups
The cottage's plain front belies an interior of soaring vaults and a stairwell lit by forty hidden windows.
Architecture
His slender frame belies a strength that lets him hold position against centers thirty pounds heavier.
Basketball
The headline growth figure belies a weak year for most households, since nearly all the gains went to one sector.
Economics
The company's calm annual report belies the frantic weeks when the bank nearly refused to renew its credit line.
Finance
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