Sentence examples for lay but from inspiring English sources

He cannot find the spot where Ruth lay but leaves the flowers anyway.

This was miserable or delightful, depending on where your loyalties lay, but most of all it was weird.

That this was not where his real life lay but was just something to talk about with an interviewer.

I waited for her blows to fall upon me where I lay, but she did nothing, which made me even more afraid.

The assistant coach gave no clues about where his future or that of Mourinho lay, but said that he would remain at Madrid if the Portuguese did.

A hawk egg takes two days to lay, but the hatches are spaced closer together, the younger siblings' arrivals hastened by the vibrations they feel besides them.

They didn't lie, but overspent.

I hate lying but needs must... surely?

"All presidents lie, but this is a betrayal of friendship".

Everyone is lying, but my allotted time is ticking away.

She wasn't lying; but she was acting.