lie down
Example Sentences
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“What is that?” he said, holding a corner of the comforter aloft, staring intently at something located where he had been about to lie down.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 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
Mercurial and unreliable in the studio, Stewart would sometimes fall asleep on the couch during recording sessions or lie down in the vocal booth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
He said when his condition was bad, he had to "lie down for a day or two" and would be unable to walk for weeks.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
Do we just lie down on the cracked, dried mud of the lake bed and call it a day?
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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