lay smooth
Example Sentences
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One can say the same thing about Debbie Harry of Blondie, the brassy blonde who lay smooth the path for Madonna and who, like Madonna, cannot actually sing.
From The Guardian ● May 25, 2016
Ahead, as far as the eye could see, the black pavement of Fifth Avenue lay smooth and empty between the towers of Manhattan.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her face was calm and serious enough, the skin lay smooth and glowed with all those delicate tints that women love.
From The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV by C. M. (Charles Mark) Relyea
Madame went to the window; madame stared far below the balcony at the broad river which lay smooth and white in the morning sunshine; madame drummed on the window-casing.
From The Grey Cloak by Thomas Mitchell Peirce
The palsied hands, white and beautiful to the last, lay smooth on the counterpane; and when occasionally one or other of his daughters knelt down and kissed him, the old man feebly smiled.
From Agatha's Husband A Novel by Walter Crane
