Sentence examples for lying horizontally from inspiring English sources

"lying horizontally" is a grammatically correct and usable phrase in written English
It is typically used to describe the position or orientation of an object or person that is parallel to the ground or a surface. Example: The log was lying horizontally across the stream, creating a makeshift bridge for us to cross.

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He spotted two reels lying horizontally in gray canisters labeled "1960 World Series".

She takes off her shoes, opens a book, and, lying horizontally, perhaps experiences something close to art's austere sacrality.

He is lying horizontally on his bed, a feeding tube in his nose, scarcely able to open his eyes, and barely conscious.

Unlike the old stand, in which rockets are mounted and fired off in a vertical position, the new stand is designed to test the same permitted rockets lying horizontally, and thus the vent must be longer.

The island, composed of flows of basalt lava lying horizontally and overlaid in most places by lateritic soil, rises precipitously (with some cliffs reaching heights of more than 300 feet [90 m] above sea level) from an extensive submarine ridge.

In parts of Europe, as an alternative to buildings, the white stork often uses artificial platforms erected for its benefit, commonly a cartwheel lying horizontally on top of a high pole, or a similar structure.

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Screw caps prevent spills when the opened bottles lie horizontally in refrigerators.

When he lies horizontally across a queen-size bed, his hind legs hang off the end.

In this photograph – of which there exist a few other versions, each only subtly different from the other – Modotti lies horizontally on a jerga.

There she is, smiling down from the top of the page, with a nice blue rose (appropriating the Socialists' symbol, but changing the colour) that lies horizontally between the words "Marine" and "Présidente".

The ad, two-and-a-half inches high, lies horizontally across the bottom of the front page, below the news articles and a brief summary of some articles in the paper.

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