lay smooth

Example Sentences

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One can say the same thing about Debbie Harry of Blondie, the brassy blonde who lay smooth the path for Madonna and who, like Madonna, cannot actually sing.

From The Guardian • May 25, 2016

Ahead, as far as the eye could see, the black pavement of Fifth Avenue lay smooth and empty between the towers of Manhattan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Feivke looked down from the bridge into the deep, black water that lay smooth and still in the shadow of the trees.

From Yiddish Tales by Various

Madame went to the window; madame stared far below the balcony at the broad river which lay smooth and white in the morning sunshine; madame drummed on the window-casing.

From The Grey Cloak by Peirce, Thomas Mitchell

Her face was calm and serious enough, the skin lay smooth and glowed with all those delicate tints that women love.

From The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV by Relyea, C. M. (Charles Mark)