lie on/upon
phrasal verb
lay on/upon; lain on/upon; lying on/upon; lies on/upon
: to affect (someone) in a specified way
Sorrow lay heavily on him.
Guilt lies on his conscience.
She keeps herself healthy so her years lie lightly upon her.
Examples of lie on/upon in a Sentence
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Where does Miss Manners lie on the fruity drink issue?
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Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
Earthquakes are less common on this side of the United States because the East Coast does not lie on a boundary of tectonic plates.
—Jennifer Peltz, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2024
Bed linens sailing the wind, curtains flaring beyond the windscreens, lilacs soon to lie on the ground.
—Carolyn Forché, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2024
The play-calling duties for the Dolphins, however, lie on coach Mike McDaniel‘s shoulders in a similar setup to what McDaniel had in his lone year as an offensive coordinator, with the 2021 San Francisco 49ers, which had coach Kyle Shanahan call plays.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
First, lie on your back with your arms raised and pointing to the ceiling and your legs in the air at a 90-degree angle.
—Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
Subtly strewed aluminum casts of leaves, roots and even anchovies lie on the floor, or else on tatami mats sheathed in sheets of pale silicone.
—Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
The Aurora Police Department said its officers are trained to draw their weapons before telling passengers to exit the vehicle and ordering them to lie on the ground, The Post has reported.
—Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
The project would replace the existing dual pipelines, which lie on the lakebed exposed to the elements and other risks like anchor strikes, with a single pipeline that will be housed in a tunnel bored through rock and buried beneath the lakebed.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024
Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
Earthquakes are less common on this side of the United States because the East Coast does not lie on a boundary of tectonic plates.
—Jennifer Peltz, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2024
Bed linens sailing the wind, curtains flaring beyond the windscreens, lilacs soon to lie on the ground.
—Carolyn Forché, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2024
The play-calling duties for the Dolphins, however, lie on coach Mike McDaniel‘s shoulders in a similar setup to what McDaniel had in his lone year as an offensive coordinator, with the 2021 San Francisco 49ers, which had coach Kyle Shanahan call plays.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
First, lie on your back with your arms raised and pointing to the ceiling and your legs in the air at a 90-degree angle.
—Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024
Subtly strewed aluminum casts of leaves, roots and even anchovies lie on the floor, or else on tatami mats sheathed in sheets of pale silicone.
—Martha Schwendener, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
The Aurora Police Department said its officers are trained to draw their weapons before telling passengers to exit the vehicle and ordering them to lie on the ground, The Post has reported.
—Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2024
The project would replace the existing dual pipelines, which lie on the lakebed exposed to the elements and other risks like anchor strikes, with a single pipeline that will be housed in a tunnel bored through rock and buried beneath the lakebed.
—Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2024
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“Lie on/upon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lie%20on%2Fupon. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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