How to Use lay in in a Sentence

lay in

verb
  • So there’s lots of, like, little things sort of laid in there.
    — Laura Bradley, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Just be prepared for all your pets to want to lay in front of it.
    — Kat Romero, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Just be prepared for all your pets to want to lay in front of it.
    — Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Folks took a moment to lay in the grass, close their eyes, and breathe.
    — E.r. Pulgar, Pitchfork, 6 May 2025
  • Fans got more into this match as the women laid in their strikes.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • And Alex Pretti lay in the snow dead.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Rose gobbled it up, lay in my arms and not long after was at rest.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
  • And Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead.
    — Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The video shows a view of the baby laying in a child safety car seat.
    — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025
  • Two days after the killings, a body still lay in blood on Thursday.
    — Pelumi Salako, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
  • One more surprise lay in store for the scientists.
    — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Eggs laid in the water tend to be smaller and more spherical.
    — Quanta Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
  • There, his body lay in state surrounded by 300 lanterns.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025
  • One of the greatest challenges lay in the handling of health data.
    — Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 17 June 2026
  • Flick was aware of what lay in store for his team and asked them to play a more pragmatic game than usual.
    — Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Perhaps the answer lay in what Harris did say.
    — Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
  • Its streets were still paved with bricks that the newly free had laid in intricate patterns.
    — Dara T. Mathis, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
  • That frustration of that false start was nothing compared to the bind that lay in store.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Monty lays in the dirt, left; and a close-up of his shameless position, right.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The next photo was a close-up shot of a lion, basking in the sun while laying in the grass.
    — Angel Saunders, People.com, 1 Feb. 2025
  • By 1944, when much of the city lay in ruins, the terror spread.
    — The Week Us, TheWeek, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The church's front doors lay in pieces, succumbing to the flames and the pressure of the water.
    — Noe Padilla, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
  • And that somewhere happened two decades back, when the foundation was laid in the youth of its founder.
    — Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
  • Throughout the day the bodies of the newly recovered were laid in a row in the car park.
    — Stuart Ramsay, NBC News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The building blocks for making it to the NFL are laid in high school.
    — Ashley Mahoney, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Hannah says this feature works great, and can see her dog laying in the crate even when the entire room is pitch black.
    — Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Look for a darker shade of beige, but don't be afraid of a pale spot—this is just where the squash was laying in the garden.
    — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2023
  • My grandmother’s thin hair lay in wisps around her forehead and her eye sockets were dark purple.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Smoke lay in the air and the light flickered, pyrotechnic machines going off.
    — Sara Schiff, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Their gratitude lay in feeling moved to marry anything at all.
    — Amogh Dimri, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2026

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