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

Even the winds seemed resting from their labors and the sea lay smooth as glass.

From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Morris, Charles

The sea lay smooth, without the slightest wind.

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

It had come rolling in from the south, submerging the cliffs, and the town, and the valley; and now it lay smooth and cold and blue-white, like the sea under a winter sky.

From The Divine Fire by Sinclair, May