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Meanings of lay outspread in English

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Usage of lay outspread in English
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Roanoke Island and its surroundings lay outspread before him like a map.
The Drummer Boy
2
He backed cautiously until he lay outspread on the upstream slope of the boulder.
The Rules of the Game
3
It lay outspread before him, the entirety of that farm.
The Reign of Law; a tale of the Kentucky hemp fields
4
They reached for the good things that lay outspread
The Odyssey
5
The garden lay outspread before him, calm, uninvaded by any alien being, man or animal.
Deadham Hard: A Romance
6
Before my eyes that "nourisher" lay outspread, a nourisher overlaid with dry and fragrant herbage.
Through Russia
7
Clinging steeply to higher levels and leaning on buttressing walls, lay outspread vineyards and cane fields and gardens.
The Lighted Match
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He waved his whip in the direction of the Bellomont acres, which lay outspread before them in opulent undulations.
The House of Mirth
9
The finely tapered fingers tangled themselves in the masses of thick, luxuriant hair which lay outspread all over and about her.
Darkness and Dawn
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But what a sight was now presented to the view of the travellers; what a scene of devastation was that which lay outspread around them!
The Log of the Flying Fish: A Story of Aerial and Submarine Peri...
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