I was laying in bed vs i was lying in bed

Both phrases are correct, but they have different meanings. 'I was laying in bed' implies that you were placing something down in bed, while 'I was lying in bed' means you were reclining or resting in bed. The choice between 'laying' and 'lying' depends on whether you are referring to an action of placing something down or being in a horizontal position.

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I was laying in bed

This phrase is correct when you want to express that you were placing something down in bed.

Use 'laying' when you want to convey the action of placing something down. For example, 'I was laying the book on the nightstand.'

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I was laying in bed in a lot of pain.
I wasn't back together with Stefan yet, and I remember when I was laying in bed with him all I could think about was kissing him.
I was laying in my bed, and I was almost asleep.
At night, I was laying in my bed here in McMurdo.
He was laying in bed reading.
Mama and Papa were laying in bed!
All I know is two dudes shouldn't be laying in bed together watching the mentalist.
When the police came to take my brother, they found him laying in bed.
I remember us laying in bed together at night, and I could... hear the ocean waves.
I was thinking to myself last night, laying in bed, going,
- You're a schizo who's wanted for murder, and you're laying in bed next to me gabbing like a 16-year-old girl on the phone.
Instead of laying in bed eating, why don't you come and help!
you see... for the patient's and they get themselves laying in bed...
We were just laying in his bed and talking.
Laying in that hospital bed, this always felt so far away.
You and I laying in this bed, talking about you and Owen.
I mean, let's just say that was her laying in that bed, shedding hair all over the pillow.
Now, you're laying in Ava's bed next to her, and someone takes a shot.
Just that keep seeing Finn laying in that hospital bed
We'd be laying in bed and you'd get a flashlight and put your knees up and put a pair of sunglasses on one knee and some kind of hat on the other?

Alternatives:

I was laying the blanket on the bed.
She was laying the baby down for a nap.

i was lying in bed

This phrase is correct when you want to express that you were reclining or resting in bed.

Use 'lying' when you want to convey the act of being in a horizontal position. For example, 'I was lying in bed reading a book.'

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I was lying in bed when a noise from the street woke me up.
I was lying in bed last night covered in hand lotion.
One day, I was lying in bed watching CNN, when I was amazed by Professor Charlie Kemp of the Healthcare Robotics Lab at Georgia Tech demonstrating a PR2 robot.
I was lying in bed... composing in my mind like the deaf Beethoven, and it occurred to me that for a family who owns breeding stock, we don't do much of it ourselves.
I was lying in bed, alone when suddenly he break into my room.
Last night when I was lying in bed watching the ceiling spin...
I was lying in bed sucking oranges, to tone up the system, you know, when all at once I said to myself,
I was lying in bed, thinking about turning myself in.
I was lying in bed... and suddenly I saw this hairy arm.
I was lying in bed looking out the window at the sunrise.
I was lying in bed alone, and I had an epiphany.
I was lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, feeling the sun, and listening to the waves, and... for a second, everything was just like it used to be.
This one night... ...I was lying in bed... ...and you moved inside me... ...like this tiny little butterfly, just fluttering around in there.
Well, I was lying in bed, and I was thinking about us, and how, when we were 16, we planned our trip to Paris, but it kind of got derailed.
...I was lying in bed, imagining what it would be like to say yes.

Alternatives:

I was lying on the beach.
He was lying on the couch watching TV.

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I was laying in bed vs i was lying in bed