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lain
[ leyn ]
lain
/ ɪ /
verb
- the past participle of lie 2
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Example Sentences
The tenements at Clune Park in the Inverclyde town of Port Glasgow were built a century ago as housing for shipyard workers but have lain mostly abandoned for years.
Several blocks of maisonettes were demolished though, leaving behind land which has lain derelict for more than a decade.
It's lain dormant in the intervening two years, much of which were characterised by domination by Verstappen and his Red Bull team.
More than 300 pages of typed documents, compiled by the Fab Four's various advisors and legal representatives, were found in a cupboard where they had lain untouched since the 1970s.
The inscribed stone, used as a prop in the film, has lain in the graveyard next to St Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury, since the movie based on the Charles Dickens classic was released 40 years ago.
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