Sentence examples for she thought lay from inspiring English sources

Her power, she thought, lay in her essential indifference to the man, to his very maleness, his sexuality as clumsy as an odd-sized package he was obliged to carry, to proffer to strangers like her.

This chimes with what Lucy says, when I ask her what she thinks lies behind my predicament.

Eliot likes the New York Times ombudsman proposal that reporters try to tell the truth (as they see it) and not just be a conveyor belt of lies... and our two justices split on the Supreme Court case over the Stolen Valor Act -- she thinks lying about medals is something of a security issue while he thinks it runs the risk of unconstitutionally suppressing (non-commercial) speech.

Hardin's crime, we all thought, lay in failing to protect his client from himself.

The solution, she began to think, lay with the women.

I'm going to die, Bauman thought, lying there alone.

In those days, I thought lying naked in a stream was a good career move".

Yet the major defects of Mohist ethical thought lie precisely in how these ideas are handled.

'I thought lying was wrong,' I say.

Not wanting to leave a mess, she thought to lay a dark towel in the shower, then stepped inside and sat down.

And what do they think lies ahead?