lie dead
Frequency: 7.015.2 per million words
to be lying on a surface after having died
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Examples (20)
- His wife lay dead beside him.
- A man lay dead in the middle of the road.
- The victim lay dead on the cold, hard floor.
- The ancient warrior had lain dead on the battlefield for days.
- After the fierce battle, hundreds of soldiers lay dead across the field.
- We found the bird lying dead beneath the tree.
- The deer was found lying dead by the side of the road.
- The general's horse lay dead, a casualty of the fierce battle.
- He had lain dead for several days before anyone discovered the body.
- After the avalanche, several unfortunate climbers were found to lie dead under the snow.
- In the play's final act, the king lies dead at the center of the stage.
- The villain was left to lie dead on the cold stone floor.
- The once-mighty dragon lay dead at the knight's feet.
- Witnesses reported seeing a strange creature lie dead by the riverbank.
- A single bird lay dead on the windowsill, its song silenced forever.
- Decades later, the secrets of the past would still lie dead and buried.
- In the wreckage of the car, the driver lay dead.
- They feared he would lie dead in the ruins, undiscovered.
- His ambition lay dead, crushed by years of failure.
- The old machine had been lying dead in the factory for years, now just rust and memories.