lain
Americanverb
verb
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Clare had lain dying for what felt like a long time.
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With no new shipments coming in, people bought up everything we had in stock, even the winkeldochters, the “shop-daughters,” merchandise that had lain around so long it seemed part of the furniture.
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They had lain undiscovered beneath sand dunes but were exposed when they were scoured away by strong winds and high tides.
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She’d lain awake for an hour the night before, thinking of all the things she was going to say when she met him.
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He had lain on his bed for quite a time, not really thinking about anything, aware only of a dull ache in his chest.
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