a corpse lies
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The corpse is in a horizontal position.
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Examples (10)
- A corpse lies in the dark alleyway, waiting to be discovered.
- The fallen soldier's corpse lay on the battlefield, a grim reminder of the war.
- In the forensic lab, a decaying corpse lay upon the cold steel table.
- After the avalanche, several corpses lay frozen under the snow.
- For millennia, the pharaoh's mummified corpse has lain undisturbed in its tomb.
- The police report detailed exactly how the corpse lay when they arrived.
- If we don't act, the corpses of the plague victims will lie in the streets.
- In the eerie silence of the abandoned church, a single corpse lay before the altar.
- The explorers found a perfectly preserved corpse lying in the glacial ice.
- According to the myth, the dragon's corpse lay at the bottom of the lake, its treasure still guarded.