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lie-in

NOUN
  1. a long stay in bed in the morning

How To Use lie-in In A Sentence

  • The number of Ollie-inspired pieces could range from a likely none to a possible twelve - stay tuned.
  • Bit of a lie-in - another Skype call home - and then it's off to work once more. Archive 2010-06-01
  • The long-standing puzzle of whether fish can sleep has been solved by a study that has shown that they like a lie-in after a disturbed night. Times, Sunday Times
  • That night the three of us enjoyed a few beers at one of the area's few bars followed by a lie-in the next morning on our first ‘rest day’.
  • Early riser or long lie-in? Times, Sunday Times
  • `I have a lie-in on Wednesdays," she explained, `usually until eleven when I go off to see my mother. THE BOOK LADY
  • Jack said: ‘I think that after all these early mornings I deserve a bit of a lie-in.’
  • Today was lunch with Mum after a reasonable lie-in this morning.
  • Yet this lie-in king sticks to familiar territory. Times, Sunday Times
  • We've lost our lie-ins, which seems trivial but makes a big difference.
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