Sentence examples for as it lay from inspiring English sources

The school building was in poor condition when the village acquired it and has deteriorated since then as it lay vacant, its walls crumbling and its mansard roof sagging and leaking.

Filippo Marini, a coast guard spokesman, said the five — a woman and four men apparently 50 to 60 years old — were all in the stern of the vessel as it lay canted at a crazy angle, its funnel, or smokestack, almost parallel to the water in which the ship foundered.

Yet the spruce may, in a sense, rise again; in 1997, eighty cuttings were taken from the tree as it lay dying by the Yakoun River.

People on the beach said a pool of blood formed just off the beach and that the seal died as it lay on the sand after being bitten.

In one case, staff said a wolf they had successfully tranquilised and safely tethered was then shot by police as it lay on the ground.

The attack happened as a group of people crowded near the bison as it lay on grass near a paved trail.

When you rock the phone as it lies on its convex side, you can glimpse messages on the display if you happen to be looking at it sideways.

A large gash can be seen in the hull of the Costa Concordia as it lies on its side.

According to Spinoza, "each thing, as far as it lies in itself, strives to persevere in its being" (Ethics, part 3, prop. 6).

But how to remake the body as it lies dying?

Allison must play the ball as it lies.