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Laid in a sentence
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Laid meaning
- simple past and past participle of lay
- simple past and past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
Example sentences (20)
After the unprecedented strike began on Friday, Ford laid off 600 workers who assemble cars at a plant in Michigan.
A visit to Edisto Island is certain to win over any visitor, provided you enjoy a laid-back and relaxed lifestyle.
Bryan Mbeumo burst down the left and laid the ball for Ivan Toney, whose shot was partially blocked by a defender.
As awesome as this season has been, Thousand-Year Blood War is built upon the groundwork laid by the original series.
Ava's tribute comes one week after Jock was laid to rest in a private funeral in surrounded by 200 family and friends.
A wreath will be laid at his graveside by the Murphy family, former comrades and the Sean MacDiarma Society, Fermanagh.
A loggerhead turtle laid 80 eggs on Playa Marineta Cassiana in Denia in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Along with American chop suey and the occasional boiled dinner, it was one of the few foods he laid claim to in the kitchen.
A party may gain or lose national party status from time to time, depending on the fulfilment of these laid-down conditions.
Besse initially claimed she was wrongfully laid off and that her employer owed her $5,000 in unpaid wages and severance pay.
A source in the family told Channels Television his remains would be laid to rest according to Islamic rites later in the day.
Back in September, Epic Games announced that it had laid off 16% of its staff, with more than 800 employees losing their jobs.
A level two software engineer and a partner engineer from Slack posted on social media network LinkesIn about getting laid off.
A wreath is laid in memory of the Fallen on January 1 every year at Clyne parish war memorial in Brora.
Big Apple denizens on radio, TV, social media, in bars and in politics laid into the perceived insult.
As such, the police investigation has been concluded with no charges being laid," the release states.
And she is keen to get her time with Colin laid down on paper and presented from her perspective.
An argument ensues about whether Diana should be laid to rest in a private Spencer funeral, or whether she should have a state funeral.
Axis forces had laid vast minefields that would impede troops, and clearing the fields had to be done quickly to avoid losing momentum.
Attention should now turn to the group's capital markets day on November 28 when the next steps in its transformation plan are laid out.
Phrases with laid
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with laid
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- laid out 42×
- laid off 28×
- laid to 21×
- laid the 21×
- were laid 15×
- was laid 14×
- be laid 13×
- laid down 12×
- been laid 11×
- he laid 11×
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