lay smooth
Example Sentences
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One can say the same thing about Debbie Harry of Blondie, the brassy blonde who lay smooth the path for Madonna and who, like Madonna, cannot actually sing.
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2016
Ahead, as far as the eye could see, the black pavement of Fifth Avenue lay smooth and empty between the towers of Manhattan.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had pale primrose hair, with bluish tones in it, very soft and fine, so that it lay smooth however she dressed it, and pale-blue eyes, with blond eyebrows and long, dark lashes.
From A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays by Willa Sibert Cather
There was no danger, however, for beyond the northern point of Try-again Inlet the water lay smooth all along the shore.
From Poison Island by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
Before many weeks had passed the newly cut road lay smooth as a floor in macadam.
From The Lady of Big Shanty by F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley) Smith
