How to Use liar in a Sentence

liar

noun
  • She called him a dirty liar.
  • Don't like a liar, can't stand a thief.
    — Tony Peterson, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • But that would make stage actors liars.
    — Robert B. Talisse, The Conversation, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Arvidsson did not make a liar out of his new coach.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
  • In the halls, people yelled cuss words at me and called me a liar.
    — Seventeen Magazine, Seventeen, 6 Aug. 2020
  • Will those people brand him a liar and turn out next year to dump him?
    — Thomas D. Elias, Orange County Register, 9 May 2017
  • The one who called you a liar, the one who said your wife was ugly!
    — Erin Corbett, refinery29.com, 1 Oct. 2020
  • It’s confirmed, Katie is a big fat liar.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • He was called a virus-spreader, a job-killer, a liar and a sleaze.
    — New York Times, 21 Feb. 2021
  • And so at the end of the day, he was shown as a liar to his own people.
    — CBS News, 13 Apr. 2022
  • She’s been called a snitch, a liar and been told by her peers to kill herself.
    — OregonLive.com, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Putin is a liar and a murderer.
    — CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026
  • At every turn, the voices call her a liar and out of her mind.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Only a liar would deny it, but then the job just had to be done.
    — David Martin, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Which liars are lying in season three?
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2025
  • At the same time, the liars who’ve been trying to silence them shrink.
    — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Jenn, who is sincere down to her yoga pants, does not seem like a liar.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Back in present day, the Liars are crowded around the board game once again.
    — De Elizabeth, Teen Vogue, 21 June 2017
  • Sadly, these numbers are bare-faced liars.
    — Matt Slater, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In his first book, Franken ran all these lying liars to ground and left them there.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 7 Dec. 2017
  • For her part, Heather is pissed that Whitney called her a liar.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The people in power try to dismiss the free press as fake or as liars.
    — azcentral, 1 June 2018
  • Not wondering who is a liar and who wants to bring someone else down.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • God must guide the hand of the just, so whoever loses is the liar.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 13 Oct. 2021
  • People have called the masseuse a liar, a tool of the government.
    — Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2021
  • Eliminations are made based on who knows the least about the liar in their midst.
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 5 June 2024
  • Because children [are] bad liars.
    — Anne Easton, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Lying tends to be rare, except in the case of a small group of frequent liars.
    — Christian B. Miller, CNN, 25 June 2024
  • Deputies cut off her calls, the lawsuit says, dismissed her as a liar and told her to sit down.
    — Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Conklin was cursed by a lieutenant and a captain and called a liar who was full of it.
    — Dallas News, 7 Oct. 2022

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