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Example sentences for "lying back"

  • Lying back, rubbing his skin uneasily for the first signs of perspiration, he thought: 'Let them laugh!

  • Right down she went, full tilt, and after her went Lennan, lying back, and expecting the bay mare to come down at every stride.

  • Lying back on the cushioned seat, the warm air flying at his face, Felix contemplated with delight his favorite countryside.

  • Lying back in the recesses of that old chair, he stared into the fire.

  • But she seemed asleep, lying back in her cushions.

  • Lying back in his seat, waiting for the train to steam out of the station on its journey to Belfast, Henry remembered that conversation with his father, and his mind speculated freely on his attitude towards Trinity.

  • Women are the deuce, sir," he asserted, lying back in his chair and sending two trails of smoke from his nostrils.

  • Lying back in his chair he thought of them thus, without unkindliness, even with a dash of humour.

  • Ocock, lying back in his chair, was fitting five outstretched fingers to their fellows.

  • I laid it on the table beside me, and, lying back in the armchair, was soon immersed in the play; after a little while a strange feeling crept over me.

  • Lying back in the chair once more I puffed away at my cigar, and watched, after the fashion of smokers, the blue-white wreaths slowly circling upwards to the ceiling.

  • She appeared to drink it all, and then, lying back quietly on the pillow, seemed to fall into a deep sleep.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    been seen; birds and; blue ruin; cannot bring; electric lamps; fresh fish; fundamental laws; hard road; legal proceedings; lying back; lying between; lying dead; lying down; lying flat; lying spirit; lying tongue; might probably; morally wrong; much needed; nearly the same manner; pursue them; that most; universal laws; warm milk; while even; white bird