lay forward
Example Sentences
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He lay forward cramping himself against the line with all of his body, putting all his weight onto his right hand, and he was asleep.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
Bill, the fireman, was crouched, half asleep, beside the clanking engine, and two very sick men lay forward beneath a ragged tarpaulin.
From For Jacinta by Harold Bindloss
He lay forward upon his hands, crouching almost, but with his face, his dreadful, featureless face, twisted up at me from under his left shoulder.
From The Quest of the Sacred Slipper by Sax Rohmer
Catching his foot in the cushions, he stumbled and lay forward for a moment upon his face, listening intently.
From Tales of Chinatown by Sax Rohmer
His head lay forward upon his bent knees; his grey hair was whitened by the frost.
From Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert by W. C. (William Charles) Scully
