Below you will find example sentences with "lying down". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Lying Down in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: lying
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 21.8 words

Words in this phrase

lying down

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • lying can mean: present participle and gerund of lie (“to rest in a horizontal position”) Frequent word
  • down can mean: From a higher position to a lower one; downwards. Very common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

act of lying down just as 1× are not lying down 1× be done lying down or sitting 1× front office lying down for the 1× he was lying down 1× i was lying down 1× kinda like lying down in the 1× mother is lying down in the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a drunk verbally 1× bennett also expressed 1× bud knows inferior 1× clearly not used 1× colt posted a 1× his wife fiona 1×

Common sentence endings:

was lying down 2× action getting up 1× busy dual carriageway 1× but definitely unconscious 1× caressed her belly 1× couch at home 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

take 3× expression 2× immediately 2× clearly 2× now 2× hospital 2× colt 2× photo 2× sitting 2× upright 2× unconscious 2× roloff 2×

Related phrases

shut down knocked down sat down breaks down stepped down slow down touched down doubled down burned down sit down

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around lying:

man lying 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

luxury vehicles luxury travel luxury hotel luxury goods luxury brands lutheran church

Just after it in the phrase index:

mac allister mac computers mac mini mac pro macbook pro machine gun

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

shut down knocked down sat down breaks down stepped down slow down

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "lying down" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 21.8 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as act of lying down just as, are not lying down, take, expression and immediately stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with shut down, knocked down, sat down and man lying, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with lying down

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

But we are not lying down. (6 words)

I wasn’t just going to take that lying down. (10 words)

This practice can be done lying down or sitting upright. (10 words)

Longer example sentences

Bennett also expressed his mixed feelings after the fast-food binge, saying: "I kinda can't tell whether I feel like playing tackle football or fighting a cop or just kinda like lying down in the darkness. (37 words)

But does the expression “when you lie down” mean immediately after the act of lying down, just as the expression “when you get up” clearly means a particular moment immediately after the action ‘getting up’? (35 words)

Clearly not used to being behind, Easterhouse started to lose some composure, although a team of this calibre were not going to take this lying down and again they levelled the score five minutes later. (35 words)

Question examples

But does the expression “when you lie down” mean immediately after the act of lying down, just as the expression “when you get up” clearly means a particular moment immediately after the action ‘getting up’? (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

But does the expression “when you lie down” mean immediately after the act of lying down, just as the expression “when you get up” clearly means a particular moment immediately after the action ‘getting up’?

And I was just lying down all of the time, and a couple of years went by because the bones in my right leg from the knee down were not healing.

One of them decided to just plop down on my legs while I was lying down.

As I am talking to you right now, my mother is lying down in the hospital.

Back in the day, we celebrated Dodger pitching ace, Clem Labine; now we find Skippy Supine in the front office, lying down for the worst in our culture to roll right over him.

But some have even turned their attention to the driver who, they believe, shouldn't have accepted the defeat lying down.

Clearly not used to being behind, Easterhouse started to lose some composure, although a team of this calibre were not going to take this lying down and again they levelled the score five minutes later.

Colt posted a photo of Colt lying down in a hospital bed on January 2, 2023.

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His wife, Fiona, has a heightened sense of touch due to being profoundly visually impaired, and felt a lump in Darren's chest while he was lying down.

In a different photo, she was also caught on cameras lying down with her head on her husband's thigh as he caressed her belly.

I've also found that deep-throating is a lot easier on me if the person is sitting upright versus lying down.

I wasn’t just going to take that lying down.

She's lying down unconscious, possibly even dead, but definitely unconscious.

The “Hail Caesar!” actor screamed while lying down on the floor.

The son of Amy and Matt Roloff posed with his three children, Jackson, Lilah Ray, and Josiah Roloff, while lying down on the couch at home.

This practice can be done lying down or sitting upright.

A drunk verbally abused police officers who tried to help him after he was spotted lying down on a busy dual carriageway.

Bennett also expressed his mixed feelings after the fast-food binge, saying: "I kinda can't tell whether I feel like playing tackle football or fighting a cop or just kinda like lying down in the darkness.

Bud knows inferior bedding is a topic I do not take lying down, so he wrote: “I have a possible column topic for you.

But we are not lying down.

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