How to Use Lao in a Sentence

Lao

noun
  • Lao was the first in his family to earn a college degree.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Cindy Lao’s line dance was destroyed by gunfire a year ago, but her spirit wasn’t.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Lao and Xiong had saved money while living in a two-bedroom apartment with two adults and five kids.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Lao left his wife and young children behind just weeks before Thanksgiving.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Lao She teahouse is the urban business card of Beijing.
    — Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Lao flavors with American meats.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Lao, the pediatric surgeon, wants to see more education around e-bikes.
    — Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Several of the divers at the Lao site had also taken part in the Thai rescue.
    — Jintamas Saksornchai, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • According to Lao Tzu, to name something is to limit it, to cut it off from the eternal.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The earlier waves of Hmong and Lao refugees were followed by those from Myanmar.
    — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2023
  • So far, Luc’s bent-toed gecko has only been found at one site in Lao Cai Province, the study said.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Classic Lao dishes like papaya salad and bao buns appear on the menu alongside a smash burger and sausage dog.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Lao told Sophia colorful stories about his misadventures as a kid.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Thai appetizers include pot-stickers, edamame, fresh spring rolls, crab rangoons, egg rolls and Lao spicy sausage.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Jan. 2026
  • For scores of Lao villagers, almost all of them farmers with no knowledge of the outside world, life changed forever.
    — Saqib Rahim, NBC News, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Photos show the two Vietnamese pond turtles found on Hon Lao Island.
    — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Because Sophia is already a teenager, Lao didn’t watch her as actively anymore.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 25 Nov. 2025
  • However, one exception is Lao Ma, the stand that Choi runs herself.
    — Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 9 Dec. 2025
  • The one that everybody knows that is available just about any Asian grocery store is called Lao Gan Ma.
    — Michael Calore, WIRED, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Bee Lao was a husband and father of five, his four daughters, ranging in age from 14 to 5, and a 2-year-old son.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • While the cuisines share many of the same ingredients, Lao food is neither as sweet or sour as Thai, more reliant on fresh herbs and not as heavy.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The all-beef patties are inspired by sai oua, a classic spicy Lao sausage containing lemongrass, ginger-like galangal and fish sauce.
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Investigators then found out that both Lao and Douglas are listed at the same address in Charlestown.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Lao and her friend returned to campus on Friday to fulfill one of the many media interview requests that had come in since the incident.
    — Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Rodriguez was biking, Ramirez was driving, Taylor was on a motorcycle, and Lao was on foot.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The monks are headed east to the Wat Lao Buddha Khanti, a Buddhist temple.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Washington Park is home for many in the Asian population, mostly Hmong and Lao.
    — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
  • And Nashville has Bad Idea, a wine bar with sharable Lao plates, plus a late-night menu that includes decadent pain perdu with kaya and caviar.
    — Emily Wilson, Bon Appétit, 16 Dec. 2024
  • This is Chongqing Lao Zao, a restaurant that specializes in hot pot, which is said to have originated in Chongqing.
    — Caroline Shin, Bon Appétit, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The prosecutor's office said Lao was the mother of two daughters who are unrelated to Yost.
    — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 13 June 2026

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