How to Use lay in in a Sentence
lay in
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In 1902, the founding stone was laid in sight of the shores of the Beagle Channel.
—Leila Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
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Just be prepared for all your pets to want to lay in front of it.
—Kat Romero, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
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The foundational bricks were meant to be laid in the first half of 2023.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 19 June 2023
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Throughout the day the bodies of the newly recovered were laid in a row in the car park.
—Stuart Ramsay, NBC News, 11 Sep. 2023
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The cornerstone, laid in 1949, also has a long crack in it.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 May 2024
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Bent sections of a black metal fence laid in a heap on the front lawn on Saturday at the scene of the crash.
—John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 2 July 2023
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And that somewhere happened two decades back, when the foundation was laid in the youth of its founder.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
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Look for a darker shade of beige, but don't be afraid of a pale spot—this is just where the squash was laying in the garden.
—Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2023
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The first two bottles, recovered from a pit beneath a brick floor laid in the 1770s, were dark green and made of glass.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2024
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The third chick, born Thursday and not yet old enough to wander, laid in the nest beneath one of its parents.
—Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
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What is clear is that the project rolled along in the following years, and the foundation was laid in summer 2017.
—Nimet Kirac, New York Times, 4 May 2023
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The large surface area and 11-inch leg height give you the freedom to lay in bed without needing to place the desk on top of your legs.
—Popular Science, 23 Feb. 2021
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By May 29, that season was laid in ruins, swept out of the first round of the playoffs by the Milwaukee Bucks.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 17 Feb. 2023
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For Caroline Spiegel, the answer may lay in the bedroom.
—Janae McKenzie, Glamour, 14 June 2022
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Eggs laid in the water tend to be smaller and more spherical.
—Quanta Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
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Officers, who went to the scene about 9:15 p.m. after getting a call about a person laying in the road, said the man died at the scene.
—Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 27 Feb. 2024
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Romeo loved to lay in front of an electric heater, drink out of the bathtub faucet, and to get occasional treats.
—cleveland, 26 May 2022
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Hannah says this feature works great, and can see her dog laying in the crate even when the entire room is pitch black.
—Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2023
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The solution laid in the deep hoots of this common North American bird.
—Rachel Feltman, Popular Science, 16 Aug. 2023
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Its streets were still paved with bricks that the newly free had laid in intricate patterns.
—Dara T. Mathis, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
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Hudson laid in an oversized bed with her friend day after day.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2023
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In the clip, which is just a minute long, her wife Kirsten French is seen laying in a hospice care bed as a man holds up a phone for her to FaceTime.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024
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The late queen will lay in rest in Scotland before her body is expected to be flown back to London.
—Max Colchester, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
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Davis said her son was laying in bed when the freak accident happened.
—Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024
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Civil rights icon Rosa Parks, who died in 2005, is the only woman to lay in honor in the rotunda.
—Susan Ferrechio, Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2020
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One night in 2013, while Smith was laying in bed pondering his next venture, the idea for Cotopaxi came to him.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2023
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The boys were almost home when a man wearing a mask and brandishing a revolver stepped out of the darkness and ordered them to lay in a ditch.
—Johnny Dodd, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
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Grace made the most appearances, from laying in the barn with her horse to paddleboarding with her pooch.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2023
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Officers responded and found the mother and child laying in the road.
—Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 21 June 2024
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So far, the researchers haven’t been able to determine whether the salmon eggs laid in northern Alaska survive.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
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