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Example Sentences
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A copy of the Black Liberation Army activist Assata Shakur’s autobiography lay open on the floor, spine up so Assata was watching the proceedings.
From New York Times
I didn't think I would actually use "The Nursing Mother's Companion" when I bought it, or that the book would lay open on my kitchen table, stained with milk drops and dog-eared beyond repair.
From Salon
Bibles still lay open and musical instruments lay scattered ov er the weekend in the shed where the killings took place.
From Seattle Times
A copy of L’Ardennais, the local newspaper, lay open on the table; an article announced that the Revin branch of Monique’s bank would be closing.
From The New Yorker
All of them lay open and in each one lay the body of a young adult.
From The Guardian
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
