lay for
Example Sentences
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He and others lay for more than an hour in the bushes.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 8, 2023
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
My feet slipped on the snow-covered ice, but I made it across and I lay for a moment in a grateful, exhausted pile.
From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart
