lye - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • bury: There is an antient monument of the archbishop the founder, who lyes buried in the church of his own building.
  • call: By leaching water through the wood ash a substance called lye was obtained, which was strongly alkaline.
  • make: Ashes from the fire were used to make lye, the period equivalent of Persil, a homemade washing liquid to do the laundry.

Noun used with modifier

  • lad: Follow the horses, Johnny my laddie, Oh lad lye away, me canny lad oh!

Adjective modifier

  • ranking: At Boomerang Group we offer quality search engine ranking lye as well as search engine ranking lye, and search engine ranking dudley.

Modifies a noun

  • thou: Thou lyest abhorred Tyrant, with my Sword Ile proue the lye thou speak'st.
  • heere: This is the prison: What is he lyes heere?

Preposition: in

  • bed: I would lye in bed and feel the entire bed shake as if it were pushed.

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