Search Details

Word: lain (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...Thursday, Edith Zierer was waiting for him. Fifty-five years ago, recently liberated from a Nazi work camp, the 14-year-old girl had walked as far as she could toward Krakow and then had lain down, expecting to die of exhaustion. "I was with swollen feet and with nothing to continue in my heart," she recalled. Suddenly a priest [actually a seminarian] appeared, dressed in brown, "strong and tall and very handsome...It was as if someone from the heavens had been sent down to me." He brought her tea, bread and cheese, then carried her on his back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pilgrim's Progress | 4/3/2000 | See Source »

...took off and two days before it landed; the curse shared the headlines with the triumph, as it does today. One more aquatic disaster made the news today, dredged up for reexamination ?- Gus Grissom?s capsule has been pulled from the ocean. The capsule Liberty Bell 7, which had lain in water three miles deep since 1961, was brought to the surface by an underwater salvage team around 2:15 a.m. on Tuesday. "Kennedy promised to send a man to the moon and bring him back," says Kluger. "But he didn?t plan for anything else after that." Maybe that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Eagle Doesn't Land Here Anymore | 7/20/1999 | See Source »

...Crimson recovered easily from the slight setback, as Vedica lain, the oldest active player for Harvard, secured a win in the No. 2 position. She claimed a decisive win in two sets...

Author: By Jennifer L. Sullivan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: W. Tennis Drops B.C., Now Texas-Bound | 3/26/1999 | See Source »

...that aren't too quick and aren't too slow-creatures who cry out, "Please kill us!" Late at night, we gather in small posses, we adorn ourselves in black, and we hunt down these birds. It is our duty, our calling. For the past three years we have lain dormant, waiting for the time to pounce once again...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Birds of Prey | 3/23/1999 | See Source »

...recent years, Harvard school spirit has lain dormant. More embarrassingly, opposing teams have taken delight in stacking our arenas with their fans...

Author: By Richard B. Tenorio, | Title: Smells Like School Spirit | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Next