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Meanings of lay asleep in English

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Usage of lay asleep in English
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All nature lay asleep in voluptuous beauty, veiled in a glorious atmosphere.
Mizora: A Prophecy / A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of th...
2
Wrapped in its blanket, it lay asleep after its meal of milk.
Anne Severn and the Fieldings
3
As I lay asleep in my hammock, I dreamed a beautiful dream.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont
4
I had to lead you to the bed where he lay asleep.
Atlantida
5
By this time the marquis had fallen from exhaustion, and lay asleep.
Prince Eugene and His Times
6
A cat lay asleep on a chair, a dog under the table.
Original Short Stories — Volume 10
7
He was barefooted and walked noiselessly to where a lion lay asleep.
The Story of Paul Boyton: Voyages on All the Great Rivers of the...
8
At length the child, a lovely boy, lay asleep in Dorothy's arms.
Paul Faber, Surgeon
9
She lay asleep, lovely to look at as an angel of God.
The Flight of the Shadow
10
Near by, on the rug, two dogs, Ami and Finette, lay asleep.
The Nursery, No. 103, July, 1875. Vol. XVIII. / A Monthly Magazi...
11
On a low couch, a little distance away, a boy lay asleep.
Mr. Achilles
12
Blue-shirted bodies lay asleep where they had fallen, in hallways and corridors.
The Irish Times
13
But Alma lay asleep, breathing steadily, her face turned from the light.
The Whirlpool
14
I cut them from Scoby's coat as he lay asleep over there.
Boy Scouts in Mexico; Or, On Guard with Uncle Sam
15
Now almost all lay asleep, antique, shaded, Moorish, still, under the stars.
1492
16
Brom lay asleep, but not in the bed where he usually lay.
Engine Summer
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