English example sentences with "laid"

Learn how to use laid in a English sentence. Over 100 hand-picked examples.

The streets are laid out quite well.

A submarine cable was laid between the two countries.

We laid the injured man on the grass.

On arriving home, he laid himself on the floor.

The rain laid the dust.

I've been laid up with flu for the last week.

Heavy taxes are laid on wine.

Lucy came closer to the boy and laid her hand on his head.

He was laid off until there was more work to do.

Betty laid herself on the bed.

He laid himself on the bed.

The chicken laid an egg this morning.

Tom laid the book aside and looked up.

I laid down for a short nap and fell asleep for two hours.

The sticks were laid across each other.

The mother laid her baby on the bed softly.

The city is laid out with beautiful regularity.

The garden is laid out in the Japanese style.

The garden has been professionally laid out.

The whole village was laid flat by the earthquake.

The automobile company laid off 300 workers.

The factory has laid off some three hundred workers.

Many workers were laid off at that plant.

The chicken hasn't laid eggs lately.

The vacant lot is laid out as a park.

The company laid off twenty percent of its work force; therefore, expenses decreased.

The hen has laid an egg.

The tiger laid in the middle of the cage.

It's all laid on.

John laid claim to the painting.

Jim has been laid up with flu for three days.

After some hesitation, he laid the book on the desk.

Sam got a raw deal when he was laid off just before his job would have become permanent.

This is the garden I laid out last year.

The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

This building was laid out by a famous architect.

This new town is beautifully laid out.

Ken laid aside some money each week.

Ken laid down his arms.

The storm laid the village flat.

General Motors laid off 76,000 workers.

As the recession set in, temporary employees were laid off one after another.

The speaker laid stress on the need for thrift.

George was laid off when his company cut back production last year.

From childhood I was fond of reading, and all the little money that ever came into my hands was laid out in books.

Our hens laid a lot of eggs yesterday.

My hens laid fewer eggs last year.

I would like to purchase a wooden deck panel that can be laid on the porch.

I laid out a schedule for the vacation.

I had to make up for three other employees, who were laid off yesterday.

I laid myself on the grass.

They laid the carpet on the floor.

The evidence is laid out before us. Considering that, together with the fact that he has no alibi, there's no question that he's the guilty one.

The color is thickly laid on.

Suddenly, 100 workers were laid off.

Accessories were laid out on the shelf for sale.

He laid out this garden.

He laid claim to the land.

He laid his bag on the table.

He laid down his pen and leaned back in his chair.

He laid down his pen and looked at me.

He was laid off.

He laid the book on the desk.

He laid on his back and looked up at the sky.

He laid by 100 dollars this month.

He laid stress on the importance of being punctual.

He laid down the gun.

He laid himself flat on the floor.

He laid bare his secret feelings.

He was so tired that he laid himself on the grass.

He laid aside a few dollars each week.

He laid his head on the pillow.

Their secret was laid bare.

They laid down a scheme for extracting salt from seawater.

They laid off many workers at that point.

She laid hands on her own child.

I laid a blanket over her.

She laid the table for six.

She laid down her life for her country.

She laid the child down gently.

She laid her ideas before her chief.

She laid the paper out on the table.

She laid her baby on the bed.

She laid herself on the grass.

She laid her head down on the pillow.

She laid a blanket over him.

Father laid his hand on my shoulder.

My mother is laid up with a cold.

Mother laid the table for dinner.

The mother laid her baby on the bed.

Life's seed is laid.

Supper was laid out on the table.

The workers were laid off for three weeks.

It was Socrates who laid the foundation of logic.

Yasunori leaned into the armrest and looked in bemusement at the breakfast laid before him.

The path stretching from that house to the bamboo thicket was laid with stone paving.

She laid the work on him.

The fundamental principles of classical mechanics were laid down by Galileo and Newton in the 16th and 17th centuries.

This statement-of-purpose essay has no consistency in how the points are laid out and gives a distracted impression.

From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.

He laid on his back.

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