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

To come or go; as, lay aloft, lay forward, lay aft, lay out.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Accordingly, Bluff took up the anchor, which lay forward, and gently dropped it into the smooth water.

From The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf by Allen, Quincy

Of her passengers, one lay forward, prone and quiet.

From The Mystery by White, Stewart Edward

After it had passed, he lay forward on the organ a while, with his head bowed on his arms.

From Ole Mammy's Torment by Johnston, Annie F. (Annie Fellows)