Sentence examples for had laid aside from inspiring English sources

Some may even wish they had laid aside the safety-pins and stuck with boring old organic growth.

On Friday morning they had laid aside their lethargy and played like Test cricketers for one whole session.

Plots flowed effortlessly from her, as she rediscovered the talent she had laid aside in her 20s.

The personification of sainted modesty, she had laid aside -- but could not quite conceal -- a sensuous potential that was almost beyond belief.

He rests for a while at midday having laid aside the gloves on the shelf.

If he had wanted to impress New York's supposedly sophisticated, story-scorning audience, he might have laid aside the Russian sorrows.

Mr. Redman has a new album (Beyond, on Warner Brothers), and has laid aside the burden of trying to convert young fans by jazzing up the Beatles.

Rather, it is in the category of Tom Swift and Dr. Dolittle; I was hooked on reading by them, but have laid aside my electric rifle and no longer talk to horses.

"I am far older than my years," Hall wrote, on the final page of his autobiography, "for I have laid aside more of the illusions and transcended more of the limitations with which I started than most".

We all have laid aside disguise but you.

Had I read New York's Educator Guide or studied the Common Core website sooner, I might have laid aside the volumes of verse, pulled out some cookbooks, and told my son to read the recipes.