Across
Across adverb - From one side to the other of an intervening space.
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Synonyms for Across
Lying on
Both terms in one sentence
- I've totally been on top of my homework this year.We flash back to Brittany lying on top of the homework scattered across her bed.Brittany: Oh calculus, youre so weird, yet also comfy.
- In Nabari no Ou, Raikou and Gau were left lying on the ground with a sword through the gut and slashes across the face respectively for 8 chapters before they were shown again.
Source: Offscreen Inertia -
Then she gets away from him, and comes across his desiccated corpse lying on the floor with "KILL AMY" (and, even more disturbingly, "KILL ME AMY") scrawled on every wall.
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