Color
Color verb - To change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of.
Usage example: his news reporting is colored by his prejudices
Lie
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Helen takes note of Huntingdon's blue eyes early on, but any symbolic innocence she reads in the color is a lie.
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Helen takes note of Huntingdon's blue eyes early on, but any symbolic innocence she reads in the color is a lie when he's revealed to be a drunk, a womanizer, and abusive.
Source: Innocent Blue Eyes - The Imperial Orb changes color in accordance with the current Emperor/Empress's mood, or with the truth or falsehood of a statement when used for lie detection during court cases.
Source: Literature / Dragaera
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