lain up

past participle of lie up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lain up
Verb
  • Name a queen who slept on bedsheets with higher thread count than you last night?
    Bill Hoogterp, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Once Lisa and Jamal moved out, Tupac slept mattress to floor in a coffin-sized bedroom, while his mother and sister laid out their mattresses and box springs in the dining room.
    Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The centerpiece of that miserly backline, Gianluca Mancini (no relation to Roberto), nodded home his first international goal to put the gloss on Italy’s 3-0 World Cup qualifying win over Israel on Tuesday.
    Jack Bantock, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The couple nodded in agreement.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Another topic of discussion is Shohei Ohtani, who turned in a performance for the ages—according to some, the greatest single-game performance in MLB history—during the NLCS.
    Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Coming off their worst performance, the Sun Devils turned in perhaps their best.
    Doug Haller, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Austria international should feature more in this busy period when Van de Ven or Romero are rested.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Playing on the second night of a back-to-back, the Lakers rested Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves, Marcus Smart, Deandre Ayton and Jake LaRavia among several others.
    Oc Register, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • So Ronny sat up front while Cali dozed in the back, and the trio didn’t speak as the truck cut through the morning.
    Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Lain up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lain%20up. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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