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

It was getting on to ten o'clock now, and he sat, or, rather, lay forward with his head in his arms over the desk under the lighted lamp.

From The Night Operator by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)

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

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

Catching his foot in the cushions, he stumbled and lay forward for a moment upon his face, listening intently.

From Tales of Chinatown by Rohmer, Sax