Noun : His flashy car was a lie that deceived no one. ,He flung the lie back at his accusers. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties. From Dictionary.com.
Nathanael exclaimed: "Long has the word lain upon my tongue!. From Wordnik.com. [King of the Jews A story of Christ's last days on Earth] Reference
Dalam banyak kasus, berbagai ide lain akan muncul saat Anda mulai berbicara. From Wordnik.com. [Komunitas Muslimblog] Reference
Produk Google lain akan menyusul, termasuk produk-produk baru yang akan diluncurkan oleh Google. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Terasi] Reference
Mahkamah antara lain akan mendengar permohonan DSAI untuk mengenepikan pertuduhan fitnah terhadap beliau. From Wordnik.com. [Anwar Ibrahim] Reference
Lie – lay – lain is intransitive. From Wordnik.com. [Lie & lay] Reference
Because too few people believe 'lain' is a real word. From Wordnik.com. [ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds] Reference
It had lain there so long that the leather had all rotted away. From Wordnik.com. [Trials and Triumphs of Faith] Reference
And it welcomed me; perhaps I should have lain there for a while?. From Wordnik.com. [The Door] Reference
I have never in thirty years lain on my carpet and seen the ceiling. From Wordnik.com. [Still Life in a Bowl] Reference
You had either crept into her home or lain in wait for her in the house. From Wordnik.com. [World record holder turned hitman jailed for murder] Reference
'My lord, he has spilled the blood of her who has lain upon his breast.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Beetle] Reference
Talk to a chap - lain, mentor or leader about how to handle the situation. From Wordnik.com. [George C. Wilson: Just Do It] Reference
Birdsong woke me, if woke is the word, I'd lain in the dark with closed eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Island] Reference
Never would he have dared to show her this if the ocean had not lain between them. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
It had lain there untouched through years of the greatest hardship and self-denial. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
Rather, they've lain dormant, waiting to be revived by the strong odor of inflation. From Wordnik.com. [Cry for Me, Argentina (and Russia and China)] Reference
Throughout the long day a waiting hush had lain upon the post, an expectancy of ill. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
No one ever seems to get lie, lay, lain right, or the difference between imply and infer. From Wordnik.com. [English Is Misused, Abused and Poorly Punctuated] Reference
Indeed, it may be that love had lain in his heart for a long time without his realizing it. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
We will never know what greatness might have lain within our reach, not to mention starlets. From Wordnik.com. [Building A Better Dad] Reference
He'd been hit by a bus — not a truck — and had lain unconscious for three years, they said. From Wordnik.com. [April 1, 2013] Reference
We could instead see a return of populist, anti-Fed rhetoric, which has lain dormant since 1991. From Wordnik.com. [The World in 2030] Reference
Instead, he sat up and put on the nightgown that had lain crumpled on the floor during the night. From Wordnik.com. [Sympathy] Reference
She couldn't tell how long she had lain there, but one thing she knew, it hadn't been long enough. From Wordnik.com. [Twice Dead, Once Mourned] Reference
There, in the bows, underneath the very place where the coil of rope had lain, was a huge aperture. From Wordnik.com. [Lost in the Fog] Reference
As he'd lain there dying, the sagging battleground had become overrun by a host of moonlit mariposas. From Wordnik.com. [Moonlit Mariposa] Reference
Higgins was found at his flat in south Belfast on 24 July, having possibly lain dead for several days. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Higgins funeral: mourners honour man who 'revolutionised snooker'] Reference
New planes and guns rolled off assembly lines that had long lain idle; shipyards bustled with new life. From Wordnik.com. [Americans Go To War] Reference
Since then the Badr Brigades have lain low -- but up to 9,000 more are waiting in Iran, claim their leaders. From Wordnik.com. ['Helpfully Neutral'] Reference
The garnet brooch they cleaned may have lain on the breast of a princess, but more modest finds are also crucial. From Wordnik.com. [How Sittingbourne discovered an archaeological treasure trove] Reference
For 7 1/2 years he had lain in a nursing home, sometimes grunting or grimacing and occasionally blinking his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [To Him, It Was Still 1988: The 'Coma Cop' Awakens] Reference
Executives in every walk of life bear daily witness that the head that wears the crown has seldom lain as uneasy as now. From Wordnik.com. ['In The Van Of History'] Reference
His fishingdiary has lain unopened for almost70 years, the entries as bold and clear as the day each was carefullyentered. From Wordnik.com. [Country diary: North Derbyshire] Reference
He felt, the world was too much with him, getting and spending as Wordsworth wrote, that this immense fame had lain waste his powers. From Wordnik.com. [Gabriel Byrne: A Review of Furious Love by Sam Kashner and Nancy Shoenberg] Reference
I drive past his house one winter, see his driveway sprinkled with snow and remember how we had lain there, arms just barely touching. From Wordnik.com. [What They Meant] Reference
Exploring the ravine for the first time, she said, the experts found the forensic evidence that had lain untouched for all those months. From Wordnik.com. [Unearthing The Truth] Reference
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