lie on/upon

phrasal verb

lay on/upon; lain on/upon; lying on/upon; lies on/upon

: to affect (someone) in a specified way

Sorrow lay heavily on him.

Guilt lies on his conscience.

She keeps herself healthy so her years lie lightly upon her.

Examples of lie on/upon in a Sentence

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Bullets lie on the sidewalk at the scene outside the Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan where Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was fatally shot, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. —

Ellen Moynihan, Twin Cities, 8 Dec. 2024 Officers ordered Gomez-Peralta and his male passenger to lie on the ground, but neither complied, so an officer deployed his Taser toward Gomez-Peralta. —

Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024 Family stories lie on the edge of history, just beyond the textbooks and official accounts in a realm where the past is always present. —

Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2024 Upon being captured, the prisoners were shot after being made to lie on the ground unarmed, said the report. —

Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for lie on/upon