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 glass was falling; the water of the basin no longer lay smooth as oil but beat against the ship grudgingly.
From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund
The grass lay smooth and green, and bore no trace of the relentless summer.
From The Great White Army by Pemberton, Max, Sir
Amid autumnal silence the distant sea lay smooth as glass.
From Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories by Morgan, Louisa
