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Meanings of lay in English
Synonyms
Examples for "repose"
Examples for "repose"
1
Honor the repose of the dead and the grief of the living.
2
The first break in our repose came early in the new year.
3
The American forest exhibits in the highest degree the grandeur of repose.
4
In fact, it was the masque of a dramatic artist in repose.
5
Youth makes up in sap and push what it lacks in repose.
Usage of lay in English
1
In fact, state and local governments continue to lay off large numbers.
2
They form the largest lay majority of any Press Council in Europe.
3
Some believe that helped lay the foundation for the recent financial crisis.
4
If progress stalls, tax reform could lay dormant during 2018's election year.
5
Under the deal, the government endorsed mass lay-offs in the civil service.
6
The contestable area lay in the Middle States and in the Carolinas.
7
The basin in which the Crisis lay was entirely fringed with forest.
8
The great alteration lay in the increase in the quantity of BOC-LAND.
9
In the reading-desk of the refectory lay the lives of the Saints.
10
The principal minor product of the novel lay in the provincial tale.
11
In front of the house lay Loch Laggan, eight miles in length.
12
Ships lay rotting at the quays; brambles grow in the commercial streets.
13
First lay three of the pennies in the way shown in Fig.
14
However, there were more pressing concerns to discuss for what lay ahead.
15
It sought power; it wasn't about to lay claim to much yet.
16
I lay in the camp hospital until the morning of the 14th.
About this term
Lay through the time
Lay across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Canada
Common
United States of America
Common
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