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Meanings of lay loosely in anglès

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Usage of lay loosely in anglès
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Her hands lay loosely, one reposing in the other, in her lap.
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 1
2
Then he took up the revolver that lay loosely in his coat pocket.
Phantom Wires: A Novel
3
Their four hands, not touching, lay loosely on the oval table.
Flames
4
It lay loosely in his limp fingers, unaimed and undirected.
Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
5
His hands, with their strangely developed joints and fingers, lay loosely upon his knees.
The Courage of Marge O'Doone
6
Its length spilled down his stretched leg and lay loosely coiled on the floor.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
7
Her hand lay loosely curled upon the table.
Night and Day
8
The reins lay loosely upon the horse's back.
Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times
9
The chain lay loosely on her shoulders, lost, or almost lost among soft folds of lace.
The Second Latchkey
10
Her hands lay loosely folded on her knees, while her face was very gentle and sweet.
L'Assommoir
11
He took the hand that lay loosely on her lap, and pressed it in both his own.
Fenton's Quest
12
But it lay loosely over the stone.
A Pair of Blue Eyes
13
His legs lay loosely against the log, as if he were suffering from a species of paralysis.
The Texan Scouts: A Story of the Alamo and Goliad
14
In the sitting room beyond the folded doors, a soft coloured rug carpet lay loosely on the floor.
The Workingman's Paradise: An Australian Labour Novel
15
Kennedy went across, and stared at the ghastly head which lay loosely on the shredded and mouldering mitre.
Tales of Terror and Mystery
16
His eyes had started to flutter; his hands lay loosely, like empty gloves, on the floor at his sides.
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