Verb (used with object), : His trembling hands belied his calm voice. ,The newspaper belied the facts.    From Dictionary.com. 

Cornelia chose to stand by the fireplace, the calmness of her expression belied by the agitated pace of her pulse.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Wicked Gentleman] Reference

Those lines were still there, but the expression belied them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Homebody]

His almost albino complexion ergo the nickname belied gentle features.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gone for Good]

"Nonsense, nonsense," said Tom, though his expression belied his words.    From Wordnik.com.  [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]

Lord Blenavon's smile was evidently meant to be friendly, but his expression belied it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Betrayal] Reference

Whatever his character, his name belied his appearance; for his face was cherubic in its innocence.    From Wordnik.com.  ["Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea] Reference

Its sunny, careless expression belied her body's actions.    From Wordnik.com.  [The White Ninja]

But as Malone backed away, his troubled expression belied his words.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Shattered Blue Line] Reference

Tom Barber, his foster father, whose name belied his tonsorial ability.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Rich Little Poor Boy] Reference

"We haven't been waiting too long," said Ruth Jacce, 17, whose weary expression belied her words.    From Wordnik.com.  [Caribbean Net News Daily Headlines] Reference

"For Heaven's sake, don't shoot me down like a dog!" burst out Bolder, whose name belied his nature.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Undivided Union] Reference

Eighty years and circumstance had shriveled height and hope, and his pained expression belied one who welcomed his own passing.    From Wordnik.com.  [PENSIEVE] Reference

But his expression belied him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ear in the Wall] Reference

Legarda said that their reception in Laguna "belied" some survey results showing them behind the Liberal Party.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest News] Reference

His perpetual smile belied any unrest that lay beneath.    From Wordnik.com.  [The run of Ricky Dobbs: Navy's quarterback in Annapolis has come to represent something larger than football] Reference

It belied the expression of his eyes and of his set jaws.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Last Woman] Reference

Four years of new experience have not belied our historic instinct.    From Wordnik.com.  [US Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Reference

There was studied calm in her voice, but her face belied her words.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marcia Schuyler] Reference

But the scene at AARP headquarters last week belied the blase words.    From Wordnik.com.  [SENIORS DRAW FIRE] Reference

Hers, however, was an organization which belied its apparent weakness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference

Vernon's faltering tones belied his words and the other laughed shortly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fifth Ace] Reference

He tried to pass it off with a careless tone, but his looks belied his words.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Martyr of the Catacombs A Tale of Ancient Rome] Reference

What I had descried had quite belied my expectation, and had been totally unforeseen.    From Wordnik.com.  [Border Ghost Stories] Reference

Modest coupons on new deals have belied the speculative-grade market's "high yield" moniker.    From Wordnik.com.  [Treasurys Rally; Two-Year Yield Hits Record Low] Reference

If he meant half what he said, -- and if he did not then his looks and his tones belied him!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Beetle] Reference

"I am here simply by chance," answered the young soldier, with a blush that belied his words.    From Wordnik.com.  [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference

 She conveyed this information with a confident authority that belied her delicate, feminine aura.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aromatherapy] Reference

Fulbright was another father figure, a respected intellect who belied the Arkansas hayseed stereotype.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sixties: Coming Of Age] Reference

Worldly sophistication is belied by simple message that appeals to economically disadvantaged consumers.    From Wordnik.com.  [If Candidates Were Stocks] Reference

Until now, thriving farms in the valleys have belied the existence of a drought - and that's the crux of the problem.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Long, Dry Winter] Reference

Yet Sheik Ahmed Yassin's physical feebleness belied his role as the inspirational force behind a bloody terror campaign.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arafat At The Brink] Reference

Yet there was always something behind the eyes that belied the aw-shucks affability, something coolly appraising, even dangerous.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stranger In The Night] Reference

His final aria, as the walls close around him, is heart-breaking, its pledge of allegiance to Big Brother belied by a bleak score.    From Wordnik.com.  [High Notes] Reference

Those millions that poured out onto the streets of Tehran belied the stereotypical definitions of what Iranian society constituted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Azar Nafisi: Sakineh and Neda] Reference

There was a bland, sweet quality to this alliance -- Jimmy Carter was its apotheosis -- that belied the remarkable changes taking place.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bubba Is Back] Reference

But afterward, changed into her jeans and makeup, Leslie answered all questions with a smiling diplomacy that belied her on-court ferocity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Days Of Wonder] Reference