English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Lay" in Example Sentences
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265915	Lay your cards on the table and give me a straight answer!	CM
29567	Lucy came closer to the boy and laid her hand on his head.	CK
954318	That dog tries to eat just about anything he lays his eyes on.	CK
1422540	The marauders laid waste to the town and surrounding villages.	darinmex
239098	A dog jumped onto the chair and lay motionless for five minutes.	CM
1435854	She lay her head on my chest so she could listen to my heartbeat.	caspian
244716	George was laid off when his company cut back production last year.	CM
55044	Instead of laying off these workers, why don't we just cut their hours?	CM
272683	Last month, they had to lay off several hundred employees in the factory.	CM
1093312	Tom lay awake for a long time thinking wondering about what he should do.	CK
2927527	Tom removed his pistol from his shoulder holster and laid it on the table.	CK
237939	As the recession set in, temporary employees were laid off one after another.	CM
3023179	When I first laid eyes on Tom, I knew he was different from any other man I'd ever met.	CK
2639576	Tom wrote Mary's phone number on a piece of paper and laid it on the table near his telephone.	CK