lay in the grave
Example Sentences
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He tried to summon up courage to tell her the story of his marriage, that his hopes, his heart, and his love all lay in the grave of his young wife.
From Daisy Brooks Or, A Perilous Love by Laura Jean Libbey
In his eyes, the initiate died physically, lay in the grave, and rose again.
From Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity by Harry Collison
Not the certain fact that Jesus lay in the grave; but the blessed Man Himself, who lay there for me.
From Love to the Uttermost Expositions of John XIII.-XXI. by F. B. (Frederick Brotherton) Meyer
Hermann gave no answer; but Eugen felt what lay in the grave, searching glance with which he regarded him.
From Herman A Novel by E. Werner
She knew his story, and how much of his heart lay in the grave of his lost love.
From Dora Thorne by Charlotte M. Brame
