13 sentences with 'lay'

Example sentences and phrases with the word lay and other words derived from it.

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• « The company had to lay off several employees. »

• « Sea turtles travel thousands of kilometers to lay their eggs on the beach. »

• « The problem lay, essentially, in the poor communication they had with each other. »

• « Despite his efforts to avoid it, the businessman was forced to lay off some of his employees to cut costs. »

• « The usefulness of the abacus lay in its simplicity and effectiveness for performing mathematical calculations. »

• « Margaret and I spent the weekend trying not to think about what lay ahead. »

• « I lay on my back and he lay down beside me and rested his head on my chest. »

• « I lay rigid on the bed, gripping the rail so tightly that my knuckles ached. »

• « Her mother lay beside her on the bed, cuddling her, almost as if she were nursing her. »

• « I lay there for hours in the emergency room while the staff tried to remove the bowel obstruction. »

• « In tears, she lay down next to her daughter, took her daughter's hand in hers and prayed to God to bring her back to life. »

• « The monk's motto was "in water there is healing". The principles he bequeathed helped to lay the foundations of hydrotherapy. »

• « According to the Tao, the search for wisdom lay in the practice of the simple and natural, which always protected against illness. »