laying down
Example Sentences
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The album’s lead single, “In the Stars,” finds guitarist Keith Richards laying down a fiery riff against Mick Jagger’s raw and affecting lead vocals.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
What comes after silicon microchips—pocket quantum computers, say, or transistors only an atom thick—could be as strange to people living today as microchips were in the 1960s, when Gordon Moore started laying down the law.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
On paper, it sounds like infrastructure-building, an ambitious laying down of the gauntlet.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2026
The announcement earlier this month that Colombian government officials had reached an agreement with the Clan del Golfo for the group to start taking steps towards laying down their arms was a win for Petro.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2025
Manny yelled from the ground, where he was laying down some more primer.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
