lie down
Example Sentences
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Experts say that, in these situations, it is best to lie down and play dead.
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
"Our family would lie down and look at various places on the Moon that he would identify based on his mapping and his study guides," she said.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
Unlike the Las Vegas Sphere, he stresses, visitors are generally free to walk around – or even lie down and look straight up – at the presentation.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
I thought about this, and then I had to lie down on a park bench.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
I’m so tired when I get home that I lie down on the couch in the living room and I doze off.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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