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Meanings of lay underneath in English

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Usage of lay underneath in English
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No, the true problem was what lay underneath, or what wasn't underneath.
The irish devil
2
The dog's warren lay underneath the old house on the far side.
Servant of a dark god
3
Whatever lay underneath, there was no surface drama in the meeting.
The Breaking Point
4
Then the bully in him, which always lay underneath, came uppermost.
The Woman Thou Gavest Me; Being the Story of Mary O'Neill
5
The Little Russian broke away this restraint and easily bared what lay underneath.
Mother
6
Before Rand could see what lay underneath she had replaced the wadded cloth.
To the blight: the eye of the world
7
How could I say he was being silly, without acknowledging what lay underneath?
Terminal
8
The corpse lay underneath the tree with its face upturned.
A Voyage to Arcturus
9
Here was a beautiful surface-Heavenonly knew what lay underneath.
The Tragedy of the Chain Pier / Everyday Life Library No. 3
10
Redfern's body lay underneath a sheet on a steel table.
The strain
11
Anastasia flinched silently as she lay underneath his pumping body.
The Reality Dysfunction
12
This is the way the town lay underneath it.
The Best Short Stories of 1920, and the Yearbook of the American...
13
She lay underneath me, still in the silver dress, though the shoes had been split.
Bullet
14
But what lay underneath was infinitely distracting to him.
The devil she knows
15
Not when this lush, beautiful woman lay underneath him, lifting her hips in silent invitation.
Taken by sin
16
In the moment, the words felt like the truth despite the pain that lay underneath them.
Ahsoka
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