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)
As it flashed the doctor leaned towards Julian, who lay forward with his arms stretched along the table.
From Flames by Hichens, Robert Smythe
Of her passengers, one lay forward, prone and quiet.
From The Mystery by White, Stewart Edward
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
