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

It lay smooth and silent, while a satellite sky seemed caved out in its azure depths.

From The Rifle Rangers by Reid, Mayne

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)

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