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Meanings of lay at night in English

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Usage of lay at night in English
1
From that time on for several weeks Dunkirk lay at night in darkness.
Kings, Queens and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front
2
Ducks generally lay at night, or early in the morning.
The Book of Household Management
3
The guests lay at night on beds in the portico, for the climate was warm.
Tales of Troy: Ulysses, the Sacker of Cities
4
Holman lay at night and felt, through his intoxication, that things were going wrong with Nikolai.
One of Life's Slaves
5
As she lay at night half-dreaming on his little camp-bed in his bare room she wondered what his life had been.
The Elephant God
6
Even as she lay at night in her husband's arms the wall reared itself up in the darkness of the sleeping room.
Poor White: A Novel
7
Lions, hyaenas, and jackals came up and sniffed at them where they lay at night, and then passed on seeking daintier food.
Kafir Stories: Seven Short Stories
8
We pillowed our heads upon nature's heart, and lay at night watching the cold stars shivering in their firmament. That was good!
The Man from the Bitter Roots
9
Donal slept instead of working when his duties with Davie were over, and lay at night in the corridor, wrapt in his plaid.
Donal Grant
10
"But if you expect those hens to lay at night, we're going to have to put in electric lights."
Harvest Home
11
"After all," he would say to Jeffreys, as the two lay at night almost on bare boards, "what's the odds?
A Dog with a Bad Name
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Lay at night across language varieties
United Kingdom
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