Sentence examples for wolf lay from inspiring English sources

Then came the coalition and little Nick became the central character in his own political fairytale, tripping off into the woods as "Little Clegg Riding Hood" with his basket of electoral reform clutched closely to his yellow cape while the rightwing Tory Wolf lay in wait.

In The Boy Who Cried Wolf, lying has dire but delayed consequences: The little shepherd boy lies so much about a wolf that nobody believes him when a sounds a true alarm -- and he dies.

A famished man and a sick wolf lie down together, exhausted, after days of mutual stalking.

True, the prophets spoke of goodness and moral behavior and of the wolf lying down with the lamb, but they also demanded that the Israelites uphold the ritual law and believed wholeheartedly that Jews were the vehicle of God's message.

Passive submission usually occurs as a reaction to the approach of a dominant animal, and consists of the submissive wolf lying partly on its back and allowing the dominant wolf to sniff its anogenital area.

At which point, presumably, wolves lay down with lambs and leopards moved into shared rental accommodation with goats.

The wolves lie down on the ridge and sleep for several hours.

The wolf shall lie down with the lamb, and the leopard with the kid.

There is a good-looking wolf, which lies in a snowy puddle at the front of the stage.

Even something as simple Little Red Riding Hood, he says, asks us to exercise our ability to understand that the wolf is lying as he builds up the girl's trust.

A fundamental change in how we see the world is necessary in order for "the wolf to lie down with the lamb".