lie beside
Example Sentences
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The day’s tensions lie beside them, and midnight sneezes are shared events.
From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2023
And if I didn’t fall asleep, or I did only briefly, I’d silently pick up my book and continue to lie beside her and read peacefully until she woke up.
From Slate ● Jun. 28, 2020
Then I run towards our room and lie beside her absolutely enormous and cumbersome sleep pod, holding her hand and murmuring that I will never leave her again.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 2, 2019
Don’t lie beside Jordan and his new girlfriend, watching them sleep, imbuing their bed with a subtle chill, making them alternatingly get up to close the window, only to discover that the window isn’t open.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 16, 2018
She help me and I eat alone; and then we wrap in fur and lie beside the fire, and I tell her to sleep while I watch.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
