lie against

Example Sentences

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Cantlay finally made a bogey on the 17th hole with a tough lie against the collar of the green.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 28, 2021

“The relief that plaintiffs request does not properly lie against the Vice President,” DOJ lawyers said in a court filing on Thursday.

From Washington Times • Dec. 31, 2020

A couple of gravestones lie against an old stone house that was George Washington’s headquarters after his troops lost the Battle of Long Island in 1776.

From New York Times • May 28, 2018

The ball wound up in a precarious lie against the rocks by the stream beside the putting surface, but Mickelson didn’t break a sweat.

From Golf Digest • May 6, 2018

I wipe my mouth and lie against Dad’s pod.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera