lay up

Example Sentences

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The case presented to them is a lay-up.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2024

You’re playing hoops in the driveway and go up for a lay-up.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 13, 2022

Saint Peter’s had a sweet alley-oop toward the end of the half and Jaylen Murray finished the half with a buzzer-beating lay-up to possibly give the team some momentum going into the break.

From Fox News • Mar. 25, 2022

A lay-up later on in the second quarter than took him beyond Malone's record.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2022

And when my mother didn’t speak, Lucas started to talk about this new drill he had come up with for dribbling around cones and then going to a lay-up.

From "Okay for Now" by Gary D. Schmidt