Term Gallery logo

Meanings of lay alone in English

We have no meanings for "lay alone" in our records yet.
Usage of lay alone in English
1
Now he lay alone, the last loose end of the overnight shift.
The Golem and the Jinni
2
And still Chris lay alone, a huddled, motionless figure, prostrate, crushed, inanimate.
The Rocks of Valpré
3
The dog lay alone in the large room, resting by the hearth.
Dhampir
4
The little shining crystal lay alone in the soft pink palm.
Rosa Mundi and Other Stories
5
And Mrs. Maldon lay alone until Mrs. Tams came in with a tray.
The Price of Love
6
There were white screens around her bed, and behind them she lay alone.
Dangerous Days
7
Kern lay alone with her geraniums, awning, whirring fan, and other ladylike appurtenances.
V. V.'s Eyes
8
When she looked back the jewel lay alone on the bare stone ground.
Stonewielder
9
Jeanne, dead, lay alone, facing Paris, for ever and for ever.
A Love Episode
10
Farinn nodded and left and Skylan lay alone and awake, staring into the darkness.
Doom of the Dragon
11
She found herself in that large, well-lighted room in which the ancient sleeper lay alone.
The Witch of Prague: A Fantastic Tale
12
He lay alone in the camp-bedstead sweating and funking.
The Devil's Garden
13
The Avenue Girl lay alone most of the time.
Love Stories
14
Last night I lay alone in silence, with wide-open eyes, dreaming it all over again.
The One Woman: A Story of Modern Utopia
15
Many days she lay alone, and the heavy hours rolled like leaden waves over her.
The Cloister and the Hearth
16
He lay alone, in a small room of what had once been a girls' school.
Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front
This collocation consists of:
Lay alone through the time
Lay alone across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common