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Meanings of lay supine in English

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Usage of lay supine in English
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The corpse lay supine with feet together, arms tucked to its sides.
Bones Never Lie
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But generally they lay supine, saturated with light and its cleansing power.
Robert Falconer
3
Languid and spiritless, they lay supine, or crawled listlessly and aimlessly about.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 04, February, 1858 / A Maga...
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A decomposing corpse in a priest's frock lay supine on a cot.
The vaults
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It lay supine, half on the pavement and half in the gutter.
Another life
6
It did not react, lay supine and innocent on the deck.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
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Traveller lay supine while Ereko straightened, drawing in great bellowing breaths.
Return of the Crimson Guard
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The vessel lay supine, displaying no indication of life or activity.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
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He lay supine, his eyes intent on Ben's rugged face.
The Sky Line of Spruce
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The body lay supine and inert, as lifeless as the clay upon which it rested.
Mavericks
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They lay supine upon their rocks and waited until a sail appeared above the horizon.
The Philanderers
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Lowery lay supine on stainless steel, face distorted, scrotum bloated, gut swollen, and going green.
Spider bones: a novel
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His head and back struck the floor heavily, and he lay supine beneath the upset table.
Philip Winwood / A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American...
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There was a death-like hush over the snow-laden earth that lay supine beneath the cloud-ridden moon.
Tales of the Wilderness
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Within the enclosures, either lay supine, or stalked restless, the withered remains of the wild army.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 07
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Methods: The subjects lay supine, with the penis raised upwards, its back clinging to the abdomen.
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