Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lie (down)
Verb
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While employee real wages and spending power dropped off, Kroger and Albertsons’ sales and profits skyrocketed.—
Errol Schweizer,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025 -
Liverpool can drastically drop off and look disjointed, but then find a second wind and finish with a flurry.—
Jordan Campbell,
New York Times,
12 May 2025
Verb
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Carrie Underwood also stepped outside her comfort zone, hesitantly providing critical feedback (but always couching it with praise, of course).—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2025
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Your challenge is to couch your communication in neutral messages and adapt it to the relevant audience.—
Martin Zwilling,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
Verb
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His parents went to sleep that night believing their son would soon be in Florida, and play a practice round that next day.—
Mac Engel
May 16,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 May 2025
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The quiet child keeps mostly to himself, eating lunch in the locker room and occasionally sleeping there too.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2025
Verb
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The reclining Buddha statue is one of the temple’s most notable features, and was likely created around the year 657, so the items could have been placed at the time of its construction.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2025
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Kravitz reclines on a Terrazza sofa by Ubald Klug for de Sede.—
Dana Thomas,
Architectural Digest,
15 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Foden nodded a header back into the path of Aguero, who had scored a hat-trick against Villa a couple of months earlier wearing this same kit.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Materials like canvas and leather are used in tandem, offering a textural contrast that nods to the diversity of vacation experiences found across Australian terrain.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
15 May 2025
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“Lie (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lie%20%28down%29. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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