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 dust in them lay smooth, and the hoof-marks that showed were old and dim.

From Raw Gold A Novel by Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)

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

From Six Women by Cross, Victoria

Before many weeks had passed the newly cut road lay smooth as a floor in macadam.

From The Lady of Big Shanty by Smith, F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley)