lie beside

Example Sentences

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And if I didn’t fall asleep, or I did only briefly, I’d silently pick up my book and continue to lie beside her and read peacefully until she woke up.

From Slate • Jun. 28, 2020

Both composers were moved in 1888 to the city’s ornate central cemetery, where they still lie beside one another, near Brahms’s grave.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2020

Then I run towards our room and lie beside her absolutely enormous and cumbersome sleep pod, holding her hand and murmuring that I will never leave her again.

From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 2019

Don’t lie beside Jordan and his new girlfriend, watching them sleep, imbuing their bed with a subtle chill, making them alternatingly get up to close the window, only to discover that the window isn’t open.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 16, 2018

Paddy lies down on a mattress by the window and I lie beside him.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt