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Example sentences for "laid himself"

  • Sila obeyed him, laid himself down, and fell asleep.

  • When Abrosim heard this, he laid himself down to sleep.

  • At length he came to an apartment, in which a table was spread for one person; and being very hungry, Prince Astrach sat down, and ate and drank his fill; after which he laid himself down on a bed and fell fast asleep.

  • So Astrach, the King's son, laid himself down to sleep.

  • When he was retired into his tent, he laid himself down to sleep, but spent that night as miserably as ever he did any, in perplexity and consideration with himself, coming to the conclusion that he had conducted the war amiss.

  • His clothes in tatters, his once bright axe dimmed with rust, his face begrimed with beard, his hair matted, and his feeble frame little better than a skeleton covered with parchment, there he laid himself down to die.

  • Lost One, wearied and vexed, laid himself down on the damp ground.

  • Famished as he now was, he laid himself on the ground, and fed on the weeds and grasses that grew around him.

  • And he laid himself on the bed, and held his breath when the chamberlain came in.

  • When he got back to his sheep he found the flock grazing peacefully, and as he was very tired he laid himself down by them to rest a little.

  • He then gathered some fruits, which he ate, drank some water, and having performed his devotions, laid himself down to sleep, nor did he awake till the morning.

  • When it was time for them to retire to bed, Bahader prepared one for them on the sofa, and withdrew into a chamber, where he laid himself down, and soon fell asleep, having been fatigued with his beating.

  • In his contemplations one day on his unhappy lot, he laid himself down in the same chamber in which he had received his dying father's commands.

  • The bed-room appropriated to him was that in which he had formerly rested and known as his own; and he laid himself down, exhausted and overcome with grief on account of the new demand made upon him.

  • He made this confession with an air of conscious pride, and having done so, laid himself back in his chair, stuck his thumbs into the armholes of his waistcoat, and looked at his fair subordinate for approval.

  • He laid himself back on his pillow with a remark that sounded very much like "Oh dear," and thereafter I was suffered to shave and complete my toilet in silence.

  • He laid himself back in his chair, and for nearly a minute and a half stared me full in the face.

  • The Tailor travelled on, always following his nose, and after he had journeyed some long distance, he came into the courtyard of a royal palace; and feeling very tired he laid himself down on the ground and went to sleep.

  • But all this was of no avail, and he thought to himself if two lie in a bed together they warm each other; so he put the body in the bed, and covering it up laid himself down by its side.

  • So he laid himself down; but they managed so clumsily, that the log of wood fell in and was carried away by the stream.

  • So he laid himself down, and sleep fell upon him unawares, so that he did not wake up till the clock was striking a quarter to twelve.

  • Then he laid himself down on his bed, and in a little while began to snore very loud as if he was fast asleep.

  • He laid himself down; and the servants assured me, he never moved till the parties arrived; when he met them with subdued looks, and closely attached himself to them as long as they were present.

  • When he had done this he laid himself down in a convenient posture for springing on his prey, and remained perfectly motionless, with the exception of an occasional reconnoiter of the feeding hares.

  • He laid himself down at the foot of a tree, and spent many a sad hour in bemoaning his hard lot.

  • No sooner was the water poured on the foot of the plant than it was forthwith sucked up by the thirsty earth; and it was late in the afternoon when the thief, tired with drawing water, laid himself down on the ground, and fell asleep.

  • The prince, suspecting no danger, laid himself down in the bed; but he had scarcely been there two minutes when he felt acute pain through his whole system, for the fine bottle-powder had gone through every pore of his body.

  • As soon as this took place, the watch of the merchant's son came to an end; and, rousing the son of the prefect of the police, he laid himself down to sleep.

  • I must have been dreaming," thought Offero as he laid himself down in his bed once more.

  • He laid himself down on the couch, but its soft pillows had been removed and a hard iron framework received him.

  • To achieve the purpose in view, he laid himself flat in the road over which the fisherman must pass and pretended to be dead.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    being somewhat; born women; department headquarters; great change; half times; happy home; increased number; laid before; laid claim; laid down; laid down his life; laid eggs; laid himself; laid his; laid hold; laid out; laid siege; laid upon; many causes; never hear; organized labor; religious liberty; steam engine; stearic acid; suddenly felt; worth doing