lee

Example Sentences

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"When I saw Jerry lee Lewis I thought it was the best thing I'd ever seen apart from Little Richard - and then I saw Elton," he says.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

It’s twilight and you’re hurrying toward a safe anchorage at the lee of one of these islands, where you and the boat captain and his two sons, who constitute his crew, can sleep the night.

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2020

“The holloway is absence,” Macfarlane explains; “a wood-way worn away by buried feet. … Walking, running, hiding man, huddled in the lee of a tree.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2020

No mayday call was picked up after the Destination left the lee of St. George Island and entered turbulent seas.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 10, 2019

The cows stayed in the barn all the time now, except on sunny mornings when they went out and stood in the barnyard in the lee of the straw pile.

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White