The art of the actor proves that worldly manner does not belie inner torment.

Her carefree manner belies a work ethic that would make John Calvin beam.

Hotheaded youngsters say such things, while their faces and their manner belie them.

Her aloof, intimidating manner belies a dark secret.

Her charming manner belies the steel grip she has over the Chief Executive's diary.

His low-energy manner, however, belies a restless talent.

His manner did not belie his statement.

His easygoing manner belies a fierce desire to win.

He is a trim 50-year-old whose soft-spoken manner belies a militant history.

Alexander Cooper, a tall, 50-year-old man whose relaxed manner belies his intensity, just might be the most influential architect in New York right now.

"Of course," Bennek replied, but the priest's manner belied his statement.

His smiling face and quiet manner belied his brutality.

His quiet, reflective manner gained him easy acceptance and belied a dogged tenacity to champion the causes he believed in.

But his manner belied all that.

It could be seen that the youth was weary; yet his manner belied the fatigue, for he stood warrior straight.

A strangely coarse and rustic manner, however, belied these tasteful surroundings.

The young fellow was, unquestionably, a thief; but that he had ever before consorted with thieves his speech and manners belied.

And when he spoke, his manner belied the importance of not only Tezlin himself, but of any threat he might represent.

Alias would have judged him to be not yet twenty, but his suave manner belied her estimate.

None of the others objected; Bruan's oddly placid manner belied his battle skills.