lay
Example Sentences
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You lay the chop down in a hot pan and leave it alone.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
Perhaps, Ms. Gerson wondered, this unspeakable loss lay behind Leon’s silence about the details of his own survival.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
Hollie Page, a cardiac physiologist at Bart's Hospital, happened to pass him as he lay on the concourse of Liverpool Street station.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026
But against Texas, a team that had dominated them during the regular season, the Bruins did all the counting as the Longhorns lay flat on their backs during an eventual knockout.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
He padded to the edge of the puddle where his packbrothers lay, and lapped up some of the Still Wet.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
Vocabulary lists containing lay
Poetry: Genres
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Commonly Confused Words, List 1
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - High School
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