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Meanings of lay awake in English

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Usage of lay awake in English
1
Sophia lay awake one night in the room lately quitted byCarlier
The Old Wives' Tale
2
There she could not sleep; she lay awake and wrestled with herself.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901
3
Mrs. Walton lay awake sometime listening to the sounds outside the tent.
The Little Colonel's Hero
4
She lay awake thinking about it a good part of the night.
Divers Women
5
He awoke at night and lay awake for hours over the problem.
The Turtles of Tasman
6
You will not wonder that I lay awake nearly the whole night.
Frank's Campaign; Or, The Farm and the Camp
7
I lay awake all night, crying, and fell hellishly in love myself.
The Wife, and Other Stories
8
She lay awake half the night thinking of what Gladys had said.
The Second Honeymoon
9
Silence followed and I lay awake, distrusting the spectre more or less.
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
10
He lay awake, but Isoult was asleep, and moaning in her sleep.
The Forest Lovers
11
She lay awake wondering what to say and how to say it.
Pixie O'Shaughnessy
12
He lay awake for a long time, staring out into the night.
Quill's Window
13
For quite five minutes after the two had gone, Polly lay awake.
The Camp Fire Girls in the Outside World
14
She told me how she lay awake and listened for his footsteps.
Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information
15
Hugo lay awake and he heard her coming quietly up the stairs.
Gladiator
16
For a long time I lay awake thinking over my future actions.
True to Himself; Or, Roger Strong's Struggle for Place
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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