Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lie (down)
Verb
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And even then, it was couched in the polite, ambiguous language.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
31 Jan. 2026 -
With that, more fans and commentators grew intrigued, and others started to couch their disapproval of the theory.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2026
Verb
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This inspired framing of the city that never sleeps serves as the tranquil backdrop of the spa, which offers a traditional Swedish sauna, hot stone massages, and Reiki therapy.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Jan. 2026
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The usage of sleeping tablets is horrendous.—
Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Airline seats are, by design, very light, simple, and almost entirely rigid with only an insultingly small freedom to recline about two or three inches (5 or 8 cm) at most.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Dec. 2025
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Users enter the pod and recline into its comfortable seat.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Last year, Carpenter’s custom blue JW Anderson dress nodded to Shirley MacLaine’s character Louisa May Foster in the 1964 film What a Way to Go!—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
1 Feb. 2026
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His communications adviser, a former investigative journalist named Bob Salladay, nodded, playing along.—
Nathan Heller,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Lie (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lie%20%28down%29. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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