lay
Example Sentences
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This pattern fits seamlessly among other evolutionary oddities found in Australia, where marsupials reign and mammals lay eggs.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
Midway through the game, Brown settled on a strategy whose genius lay in its simplicity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
Creditors did not seem to know where the true exposure lay.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Emery has needed a way with words at times, refusing to lay into his players at half-time during the abject defeat by Tottenham at the start of the month.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
At the centre lay a single black stone tooth.
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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