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 sea lay smooth, without the slightest wind.

From Eskimo Folk-Tales by Worster, W. J. Alexander (William John Alexander)

The sea lay smooth, black, and motionless on her left, like some huge sleeping monster.

From Six Women by Cross, Victoria

“Half-past—” There I stopped, and stared at the bed, which all lay smooth and neat, as the housemaid had turned it down, for no one had slept in it that night.

From Begumbagh A Tale of the Indian Mutiny by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)