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lain
verb as in tell an untruth
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verb as in be prostrate, flat
Example Sentences
His great-nephew, Lieutenant Colonel Julian Anderson, watched as his wooden coffin was gently lowered into a freshly dug grave - stunned to discover his great-uncle’s body had lain undetected for decades nearby.
A flotilla of war canoes sat ready to take the king - who has lain in state for six days - to his final resting place on Mount Taupiri, sacred to the Māori people.
In 2013 a developer bought Dalton Mills after it had lain empty since the 1980s.
A rivalry that had lain dormant during City's drop down the divisions was bubbling once more.
Nottinghamshire Police said it believed the bodies "had lain undiscovered for some time".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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