Sentence examples for lie for long from inspiring English sources

Virgos cannot hold onto a lie for long and dislike when people don't appreciate their honesty.

But the general is not a man to lie low for long.

But they cannot lie low for long, since some states, like Oregon, begin voting by mail next week.

This must lie undisturbed for long enough and under enough pressure from additional sediments for the material to become mineralised and turn into a fossil.

One part of the program is designed to lie dormant for long periods, then speed up the machines so that the spinning rotors in the centrifuges wobble and then destroy themselves.

She was required to lie still for long periods, jump into Bakula's arms on command and also act on her own whilst her trainer was not on set.

Latent failures do not immediately lead to accidents; instead they lie dormant for long periods of time and may only be revealed when they combine with active failures in particular circumstances to cause accidents.

He lay for a long time on the hard sand.

He lay for a long time inching his hand toward hers, finally covering it, as it made a fist in his grip.

That night, he lay for a long while across his bed, studying the printed inch and a half he had cut from the Morning Post.

In a way, we realized, it was also spring along the Baltic, where many thingsthat had lain for a long time dormant in the dark were blossoming at last.