Explore Layman through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like layperson or secular. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Layman in a sentence
Layman meaning
- Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.
- Someone who is not a professional in a given field.
- A common person.
Using Layman
- The main meaning on this page is: Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy. | Someone who is not a professional in a given field. | A common person.
- Useful related words include: layperson, secular, commoner, common man.
- In the example corpus, layman often appears in combinations such as: the layman, in layman, layman terms.
Context around Layman
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Layman
- In this selection, "layman" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, kelly, lenny, real, man, may and terms stand out and add context to how "layman" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and randy layman and became a layman again reverting. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "layman" sits close to words such as abbie, abort and adf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with layman
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Kelly Layman, In Layman’s Terms, Inc. (7 words)
In layman’s logic (particularly this layman), man was created in His own image. (14 words)
Indeed, imagine if Cardinal Roche were a layman, as perhaps his successor might be. (14 words)
He’s currently pursuing a master’s degree in bioengineering and majoring in neuroscience with a public health concentration, though in layman’s terms, his focus is on aggressive cancerous tumors that are resistant to chemotherapy and radiation. (38 words)
Kelly now has his first real game data points to review, but one thing was clear enough for any layman: With Moore driving the offense Saturday night, the Bruins seemed to be facing way less traffic. (36 words)
This was a minimum that the church had demanded (who had far fewer problems with a mere nomination by a layman if the layman did not actually hand over ring and staff). (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
In layman’s logic (particularly this layman), man was created in His own image.
Kelly Layman, In Layman’s Terms, Inc.
This was a minimum that the church had demanded (who had far fewer problems with a mere nomination by a layman if the layman did not actually hand over ring and staff).
Because of the increasing flood risk, Carbon County Emergency Manager Lenny Layman has included a representative from Black Hills Energy on the bi-weekly calls.
Disgusted with the Sangha order at age 19 (i.e., before higher ordination), he disrobed, and became a layman again, reverting to his birth name Ariyaratne.
He added: 'In real layman's terms, stop having sex with idiots that have red flags and who you know isn't serious about committing.
Indeed, imagine if Cardinal Roche were a layman, as perhaps his successor might be.
Kelly now has his first real game data points to review, but one thing was clear enough for any layman: With Moore driving the offense Saturday night, the Bruins seemed to be facing way less traffic.
The layman may have thought it smart policy, to look out for the little guy.
Well, in layman’s languages, Dabangg Khan is likely to take a break from films.
What the layman can do on social media, a celebrity cannot; they are expected to conduct themselves in a different way as they have been put on pedestals.
For someone like me who barely made it through Econ 101 in college, he made complicated economic issues comprehensible to the layman.
He’s currently pursuing a master’s degree in bioengineering and majoring in neuroscience with a public health concentration, though in layman’s terms, his focus is on aggressive cancerous tumors that are resistant to chemotherapy and radiation.
I’m a layman but from time to time I take services; it’s the only way a group of 15 parishes under a single priest survives.
John Layman’s script decently balances the team’s different personality types, but does get periodically bogged down by shortsighted narrative beats.
The best way to discuss your problem is, ‘in simple layman terms,’ says the hospital specialist.
Among those is a new Chook Charcoal Chicken outlet at Stanley Marketplace, the third for the Aussie-style rotisserie-chicken company founded by Adam Schlegel, Alex Seidel and Randy Layman.
However if you look at this from a layman’s perspective the authorities went from very few restrictions to some of the most severe in the western world, pretty quickly.
In layman's language, this included things that didn't work, things that made you sick, and things that made you scream when the doctor did them to you.
Layman developed and coordinated the idea of painting the antique chairs for a fundraiser for the Vinton History Museum.
Common combinations with layman
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the layman 14×
- in layman 11×
- layman terms 10×
- by layman 3×
- from layman 3×
- to layman 3×
- layman again 2×
- simple layman 2×
- layman perspective 2×
- layman on 2×