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 wind had died down and the lake lay smooth and glassy in the morning sunlight.

From The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat by Aldridge, Janet

The grass lay smooth and green, and bore no trace of the relentless summer.

From The Great White Army by Pemberton, Max, Sir

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