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

Every horseman lay forward on the neck of his horse, caps fell, capes flew, and in mid-course every one fancied he was going to win.

From A Hungarian Nabob by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)

His head lay forward upon his bent knees; his grey hair was whitened by the frost.

From Between Sun and Sand A Tale of an African Desert by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)

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

All the sachems sat erect, save only old Shuswap, who lay forward, his head upon the dust.

From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by Trevena, John