lay forward

Example Sentences

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He lay forward cramping himself against the line with all of his body, putting all his weight onto his right hand, and he was asleep.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

Here at sea a comforting isolation lay between first and third cabin passengers and one could remain unseen from those deck levels that lay forward and above.

From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Lundsford, Hugh

He lay forward upon his hands, crouching almost, but with his face, his dreadful, featureless face, twisted up at me from under his left shoulder.

From The Quest of the Sacred Slipper by Rohmer, Sax

Accordingly, Bluff took up the anchor, which lay forward, and gently dropped it into the smooth water.

From The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf by Allen, Quincy

Then the starboard watch board the main tack, and the larboard watch lay forward and board the fore tack and haul down the jib sheet, clapping a tackle upon it if it blows very fresh.

From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry