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
It was getting on to ten o'clock now, and he sat, or, rather, lay forward with his head in his arms over the desk under the lighted lamp.
From The Night Operator by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)
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 Bindloss, Harold
Accordingly, Bluff took up the anchor, which lay forward, and gently dropped it into the smooth water.
From The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf by Allen, Quincy
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 Rohmer, Sax
