lay on

Example Sentences

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There, in the distance, Twitch lay on the far side, while just behind her loomed the great black-backed gull with one of its claws brushing down upon her back.

From Literature

I lay on the ground, still as a dead chicken, and looked up at Red.

From Literature

Finch said after the surgery she had to lay on her front and was only allowed to stand up for one hour a day.

From BBC

She said the experience had been "absolute hell", adding it took her six months before she could lay on her back again.

From BBC

Wells and many others had been, that Christianity, and religious belief itself, lay on the verge of extinction.

From The Wall Street Journal