Meanings of lay the figure in English

On the bank, in abrupt foreshortening, lay the figure of a man.

Beside the road, almost on it, lay the figure of a man.

Upon a great bed lay the figure of a man asleep.

In it lay the figure of another child, curled up under the bed-clothes.

On this, lay the figure of Sir Reginald Delmé.

At the bottom lay the figure of Hamilton Burton, with its head bent to one side.

Curled up in a corner lay the figure of a sleeping child on a bed of hay.

Before the heap lay the figure of one lost in sorrow, for his limbs writhed upon the ground.

Just beneath the window lay the figure of a man half naked and face downward upon the stones.

A lamp stood on a table near a long horse-hair sofa with spindle legs, on which lay the figure of a man.

Stretched at full length lay the figure of a man, and from a wound in his temple flowed a steady stream of blood.

Opposite the door loomed the grim sarcophagus of King Abibaal, and beside it on the floor lay the figure with the face that changed.

Not two rods away, his face clearly in sight, his eyes closed, dead asleep, lay the figure of the man who had waylaid him.

She laid the figures before Edward, who maintained an unbroken silence.

Then, as he laid the figure upon the cushion, he glanced uneasily behind him and at the corner.

But he said something prayerfully, then closed his lips firmly, and gently laid the figure down, where it was immediately clothed about with slumber.