lay smooth

Example Sentences

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One can say the same thing about Debbie Harry of Blondie, the brassy blonde who lay smooth the path for Madonna and who, like Madonna, cannot actually sing.

From The Guardian • May 25, 2016

Ahead, as far as the eye could see, the black pavement of Fifth Avenue lay smooth and empty between the towers of Manhattan.

From Time Magazine Archive

The snow lay smooth on the two graves, and she placed her flowers upon them softly without disturbing the white covering.

From A Hoosier Chronicle by Yohn, F. C. (Frederick Coffay)

The wrinkled, sallow face, still wore its tranquil half-smile, and, under the cap-border of fine lace, the grizzled hair lay smooth and glossy on the sunken temples.

From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans

On one side the snow lay smooth and untouched; on the other, close under and around the mass of dead roots, was a little thicket of low bushes and a shoulder of black rock.

From The Ice Queen by Ingersoll, Ernest