lie in
Example Sentences
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Sadly, for those of us who like a lie-in on a Sunday morning, the clock change in spring does mean we get one hour less sleep.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2025
And maybe then he can enjoy that well-deserved lie-in.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2024
He likes the lie-in, too, because it annoys the wrong people.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2020
Even at their busiest, Suuronen did not employ more than a dozen people and each started work at 10am, thanks to the boss’s fondness for a lie-in.
From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2018
He wrote to his friend, by the same post, desiring him to call on Mr. Venables in his name; and, in consequence of the remonstrances he dictated, I was permitted to lie-in tranquilly.
From Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman by Wollstonecraft, Mary
