Sentence examples for laid upon us from inspiring English sources
The responsibilities laid upon us as a people in this respect are very great.
We recognize the responsibility our history has laid upon us, and we take it seriously".
Finally, our care for the world we inhabit is not simply a duty laid upon us but a dimension of life made whole: a redeeming activity grounded in the character of our own redemption, a revelation of the true "face" of creation as we ourselves undergo the uncovering of our own human face before God.
"The key factor is that if we are to meet the requirements laid upon us, there is no question that more investment will be needed to achieve that," he said.
Stress is laid upon the use of rough checks.
A tax laid upon the use of the ferryboat would present an exact parallel.
In the old-days the city of Priam was famous the whole world over for its wealth of gold and bronze, but our treasures are wasted out of our houses, and much goods have been sold away to Phrygia and fair Meonia, for the hand of Jove has been laid heavily upon us.
It uses the term 'coerce,' and some stress is laid upon this in the opinion of the Kansas supreme court.
She reminds us, through the interpolated figure of a Witch, of the divine injunction laid upon Agamemnon and reinforces the back-story of the curse on the house of Atreus.
No siege was laid upon our shorelines.
No arbitrary restraint of liberty is laid upon the builder.
