Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lay back
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My mom kicked back in comfort with a good book.
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Wash the Floor the Right Way Porch floors collect fine dust that gets kicked back into the air every time someone walks across them.
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Police said Alston and her boyfriend, Halley Tejada, gained access to the Kips Bay apartment Vitels had just moved into on 31st Street and squatted there for two days.
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Making a place known Just before noon the following day, Susan Washko squatted over a white plastic tub beside the stream that runs through Fiftymile Canyon.
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Ellison, who is fifty-five, was slouched behind the wheel with the heater blowing on him.
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The Grammy winner’s boots featured an over-the-knee design that slightly slouched around her thigh.
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But about two years ago, when the Markley Group plopped its second cooling tank behind her above-ground swimming pool, along with a growing number of surveillance cameras, the relationship had soured.
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If you're tempted to remove a nest that a bird plopped in the middle of your petunias, read this first.
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In the living room, a tabby cat with a clipped ear lounged on a velvet couch, her front paws propping open an illustrated catalogue of military aircraft.
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The couple giggled between kisses and lounged on a red-and-white picnic blanket while overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
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Baez threw the driver on the ground, straddled him and pressed a gun to his back.
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Pelosi then straddled the gator’s tail and got on top of the animal while the officer continued to restrain in the front, the video showed.
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After Crow-Armstrong stole second, Kuhnel plunked Bregman before walking Michael Busch on four pitches to force in the go-ahead run.
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Tim Hill plunked pinch-hitter Jacob Gonzalez and Tristan Peters with pitches before getting an out.
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“Lay back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lay%20back. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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