How do you use Laying in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like birth, plus the exact meaning.
Laying meaning
present participle and gerund of lay
Synonyms of Laying
Using Laying
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of lay
- Useful related words include: egg laying, parturition, birth, giving birth.
- In the example corpus, laying often appears in combinations such as: laying off, laying the, laying on.
Example sentences (20)
After laying ballast, the track laying will also start.
As part of the annual Wreaths Across America wreath-laying ceremonies, Village Cemetery will hold a wreath-laying on Saturday, Dec. 15, at 11 a.m. Friends are asked to help with the purchase of a wreath.
In Canada during World War II, Baldwin worked on an experimental smoke laying hydrofoil (later called the Comox Torpedo) that was later superseded by other smoke-laying technology and an experimental target-towing hydrofoil.
A “Blue Service” will be held at Tundergarth Church following the wreath laying at 10 am.
After a wreath-laying ceremony in Daley Plaza at 11 a.m., the parade kicks off with Grand Marshal Major General Rodney Boyd, who is the highest-ranking African American officer in the Illinois National Guard’s history.
After previously bombing and laying siege to other hospitals in Gaza, the IDF conducted raids in what it said were searches for Hamas militants and left the facilities destroyed.
Also, IT group Salesforce, which specialises in management solutions and in cloud technology, announced on Wednesday that it was laying off about 10% of its employees, or just under 8 000 people.
Although Amazon is currently laying off 18,000 employees, AWS isn’t expected to see many employee layoffs.
And fourth, overall, the fundamentals of our business look better than ever they have in our history and we're well positioned to continue our growth trajectory as Congress begins laying the groundwork for the fiscal year 2024 budget.
Anglicans have never understood that ordination involves some imagined ontological change with the laying on of hands to suddenly make an ordinary Christian into an Old Testament-like sacrificing priest for the people of God.
A rare egg-laying mammal named after Leicester's Sir David Attenborough – which had been lost for more than 60 years – has been captured on video for the first time.
A subsidiary of Dream.org is also reportedly laying off staff despite Bezos' climate fund - a separate three-year, $10 million grant in 2020.
A third call came Wednesday around 12:30 a.m. from a male reporting that his mother and father had been arguing when he heard four gunshots and then saw his mother laying on the living room floor.
Automaker General Motors (GM) is laying off hundreds of workers from the company as it follows other major companies, including competitors, in downsizing headcounts to preserve cash and boost profits, the media reported.
A Wiltshire councillor has called for further investigation into the possibility of Roman remains with potentially ‘national significance’ laying under the soil at Southwick Court Fields.
A wreath-laying ceremony will follow to honor fallen American military heroes.
Both Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat are laying off employees.
But budgets are tight, and a new era of fiscal austerity has dawned in Hollywood, with studios laying off thousands of employees and curtailing spending on content.
But, instead laying an egg in a slow, quiet death, the Oilers reaffirmed at Rogers Place Tuesday what they’d been showing on the road — this team is starting to turn things around and looks ready to make a charge.
But the contribution of Telangana and its people in the history of India has always been great," PM Modi said after laying the foundation stones of various projects.
Common combinations with laying
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- laying off 27×
- laying the 22×
- laying on 18×
- laying down 16×
- laying out 15×
- is laying 13×
- and laying 9×
- after laying 6×
- wreath laying 6×
- was laying 6×