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

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

When they lie beside them in winter there is no hope in telling them apart from the rocks themselves.

From Slate • May 3, 2013

Paddy lies down on a mattress by the window and I lie beside him.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt