You know, I would just sort of lie awake in bed. (parents.com)
This book will help you avoid the last sort of lie. (alephblog.com)
Augustine of Hippo, a man who faltered as often as many of us, described the excuses that we think up in tough moments as a dangerous sort of lie — a smokescreen of faulty reason that we conjure to obscure inconvenient truths. (firstthings.com)