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Example Sentences
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As Morantz lay for six days in a hospital bed recovering from the rattlesnake bite, police and reporters began to put the pieces together.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2022
The outpouring of sadness triggered by Elizabeth's death has already drawn large crowds in Scotland, where she lay for 24 hours in St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh.
From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2022
"We lay for a long time like that on the ground, saying goodbye to our lives over and over again," Nikita said.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2022
Last week, a body lay for hours in a Bangkok street, incurring the wrath of an embarrassed prime minister.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2021
He started to climb again and at the top he fell and lay for some time with the mast across his shoulder.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
