lie next to
Example Sentences
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No digging is required here; super-sized bones lie next to the shoreline, washed out from the rock and cleaned by the flowing water, just waiting to be picked up.
From BBC • May 19, 2025
“Mercury” proceeds to a curiosity shop in Portland whose storeroom sounds like it might lie next to the gates of hell.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024
And partly it derives from “Significant Other” dealing with common preoccupations: Do we ever fully know who we lie next to?
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2023
He had asked a SEAL, who was 6-foot-2, to lie next to the body to confirm it matched bin Laden’s height of 6-foot-4.
From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023
We lie next to each other in silence all night, looking up at the impossible mind-blowing awesomeness of the universe, and I don’t think either of us sleeps a minute.
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
