How do you use Lap in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like lick or circuit, plus the exact meaning.
Lap in a sentence
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Lap meaning
- The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
- An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth.
- The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered.
Synonyms of Lap
Using Lap
- The main meaning on this page is: The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron. | An edge; a border; a hem, as of cloth. | The part of the clothing that lies on the knees or thighs when one sits down; that part of the person thus covered.
- Useful related words include: lick, circuit, circle, flap.
- In the example corpus, lap often appears in combinations such as: lap of, on lap, the lap.
Context around Lap
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 12 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lap
- In this selection, "lap" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, fastest, formation, final, belt, record and coverage stand out and add context to how "lap" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a good lap, airplane a lap belt is and lap belt. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lap" sits close to words such as awesome, firmly and superman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lap
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Lap A lap ("2-point") belt in an airplane A lap belt is a strap that goes over the waist. (20 words)
But it was an incredible lap, especially around this track you are flirting with the walls everywhere through the lap. (20 words)
He ends the run of Verstappen victories and does so with the fastest lap of the race on the final lap! (21 words)
If the person's position has changed by making him or her stand rather than sit, then that person has no lap and neither the statement "the person's lap is empty" nor "there is something on the person's lap" is true. (43 words)
Last year’s winner, Peter Hickman, mounted a late charge on the Monster Energy by FHO Racing BMW, setting a new Superbike TT lap record of 135.445mph on the sixth and final lap to snatch the runner-up spot from Harrison. (42 words)
This lap is often referred to as the formation lap, as the cars lap in formation with no overtaking (although a driver who makes a mistake may regain lost ground provided he has not fallen to the back of the field). (41 words)
He ends the run of Verstappen victories and does so with the fastest lap of the race on the final lap! (21 words)
Example sentences (20)
If the person's position has changed by making him or her stand rather than sit, then that person has no lap and neither the statement "the person's lap is empty" nor "there is something on the person's lap" is true.
Lap A lap ("2-point") belt in an airplane A lap belt is a strap that goes over the waist.
Point-a-Lap The point-a-lap is, as its name would imply, a variation on the points race where a single point is awarded to the first rider to finish each lap.
This lap is often referred to as the formation lap, as the cars lap in formation with no overtaking (although a driver who makes a mistake may regain lost ground provided he has not fallen to the back of the field).
As for Russell, while he started back in P12 he quickly charged through the field, and was up to P5 by Lap 11. He moved into third on Lap 20, when Stroll had to come in for fresh tyres.
Last year’s winner, Peter Hickman, mounted a late charge on the Monster Energy by FHO Racing BMW, setting a new Superbike TT lap record of 135.445mph on the sixth and final lap to snatch the runner-up spot from Harrison.
Some 18 drivers have led a lap so far in 2022/23 – a Formula E record – with every team managing to lead a race for at least a lap.
Stay on the site for more reports and reaction, and join us again tomorrow for lap by lap coverage of the big race in Lusail.
The 28-year-old began his journey at Aberglasslyn’s McKeachies Oval on 1 January… and has since become a recognisable figure at the venue completing lap-after-lap on a daily basis.
The Bichon Frise has been bred to be the perfect lap dog, which means that it can feel anxious and abandoned if it doesn't have a lap to curl up on at all times.
But it was an incredible lap, especially around this track you are flirting with the walls everywhere through the lap.
But Norris was deprived of an extra point by Daniel Ricciardo, after Red Bull’s junior team RB fitted soft tyres with a lap to go so the Australian could take the fastest lap from the Briton on the final tour.
Elliott and Logano took each other out of contention when collided on lap 196. Truex, who lost position on an earlier bad pit stop, spun out on lap 209.
He ends the run of Verstappen victories and does so with the fastest lap of the race on the final lap!
If I rely on the feeling at the end of the lap, I'm like, 'Okay, this is quite a good lap'.
Simone Consonni and Elia Viviani have gained a lap to move to 40 points, with the 20 points from gaining a lap matched by sprint points.
The race was shortened by one lap after an aborted start led to the drivers having to make a second formation lap.
Although Verstappen stole the point for fastest lap from Hamilton on the last lap of the race, Hamilton’s lead is close to three clear race victories with only six races remaining.
By lap 12, he was lapping faster and reeling off fastest laps, opening a gap of 1.7, which he increased to four seconds by lap 15 while Bottas, third, closed to within two seconds of Verstappen.
The idea of having an extra lap, an extra chance, an extra stab at getting pole looked good to me so I chose to go to that extra lap and Valtteri chose just the one.
Phrases with lap
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with lap
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- lap of 25×
- on lap 17×
- the lap 16×
- final lap 14×
- fastest lap 14×
- lap and 11×
- lap in 9×
- lap as 7×
- by lap 7×
- victory lap 7×