A beautiful dog, with long light brown fur covering his body, except for a breast of pure white, his looks belied his name.

Yet her romantic looks belied a cool pragmatism.

The men were trying to make their voices soft when they called to her, but the look of their faces belied the softness.

Hal, a roly-poly little man with glasses, whose owlish look belied his tremendous energy and humour, went on the skids.

The random look of the group belied the formality of their positions.

Not a very amiable companion on a long journey, unless his looks belied him.

A one-page index appears, its functional look belying the radical experiment in online openness that "Life Sharing" is.

"You may be right," Kes replied, but the look in her eye belied the accidental nature of that blockage.

Her looks and grace belied a stupid, stubborn and selfish character.

Gage knew the look belied the experience.

Nor did his looks belie him.

Harbaugh's own boyish looks belie his toughness.

However, his youthful looks belie the fact that Robbie is a smooth operator who has a slick way with words.

The majestic look of this popular Eurasian import (it is the most planted street tree in the country) belies its aggressiveness.

His intimidating looks belie a warm, generous nature that few people can see.

Nor did his looks belie his reputation and his manner.

I particularly like the way the markedly understated look of the combo belies its facilities; I much prefer to be surprised by a product's performance.

"Well, so far, my looks do not belie me," he said gently, after a pause.