lying down

Example Sentences

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And change doesn’t need to be taken lying down.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Each participant wore an accelerometer on their wrist for seven days, allowing researchers to track both step count and sedentary time, defined as time spent sitting or lying down while awake.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

Trial lawyers are doing the equivalent of lying down in the street to block her reforms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

It's clear these companies won't take the ruling lying down.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

You picked up little tricks: overturning your boots each morning in case a scorpion or some other critter had crept inside; shaking out your blanket for rattlesnakes before lying down at night.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann