Sentence examples for lay smooth from inspiring English sources

He looked at that hair, which lay smooth and orderly against a cream forehead.

Today, the snow at Hunter lay smooth like a new floor covering.

"At dawn, when the Aegean Sea lay smooth as a burnished shield, you could hear a trireme from Athens while it was still a long way off," he writes early in his book.

Pull the thread taut to get the thread to lay smooth against the fabric.

If you want your hair to lay smooth or have less volume, a razor cut may not be for you.

Clip the seam allowances every quarter inch or so up to the stitch line to allow the seam to lay smooth when turned, being careful to clip up to the line without actually cutting the seam.

This is why the dead should stay dead and why in time the land lies smooth all around them.

And no matter how much blow-drying, straightening and schmutz I applied, I couldn't get it to lie smooth and sleek.

For aesthetic purposes, make sure the brief is lying smooth and flat and smooth any wrinkles.

These veins are detectable on the underside of the leaf, but lie smooth on top.

Pull thread taut so that thread lies smooth against the fabric.