lain

[ leyn ]

verb

1. past participle of lie ².

lain

/ leɪn /

verb

1. See lie
   the past participle of lie 2

Example Sentences

After the coroner hauled Craig’s body out of the forest, Steiner, weeping, bent down and kissed the ground where he’d lain.

From ProPublica

For medical students, bonds are forged by sharing the same air for hours at a time, toiling over a body lain supine on a table before them.

From Nautilus

But the sins of the 20th century, as devastating as they were, cannot be lain entirely at the feet of its artists.

From The Daily Beast

It had lain dormant all these years: it was there, though, and presently it would rise and confront me.

From The Daily Beast

“She had been up during the day,” noted Sowell in explanation of how she might have lain down on a neat bed.

From The Daily Beast

Rather, they have lain dormant to haunt us in various guises since the Confederacy was brought to heel.

From The Daily Beast

The lion has lain down with the lamb, in other words, and the unanimity seems so surreal that I might as well keep dreaming.

From The Daily Beast

She felt sure that the significance of the whole occurrence had lain in her own self-consciousness.

From Project Gutenberg

The letter had lain at his Club three days, it was dated Switzerland and the postmark was Montreux.

From Project Gutenberg

The same, after having lain against a wall for two months and nine days longer.

From Project Gutenberg

I have lain down at four o'clock these two mornings, Glennie having kindly relieved my watching at that hour.

From Project Gutenberg

A somewhat similar case occurs where the wind bears sand against window panes or a bottle which has long lain on the shore.

From Project Gutenberg

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