Sentence examples for lay a table from inspiring English sources

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If you lay a table or an egg, or you lay something down, the past tense is laid.

That's why Pinterest was invented, as an ever-shifting moodboard on which we can collectively tweak the specifics of how to lay a table, or pack a suitcase, or go on holiday.

lay (a table, an egg, put something down), past tense laid lied German musical setting for a poem, plural lieder Liège but the adjective is Liégeois lifeguard, lifejacket, lifelong, lifesize lift Do not use as a verb to mean increase; the headline "Bank should lift interest rate next month" suggests that the Bank is going to remove interest rates altogether lightbulb lightening or lightning?

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We'd lay a long table next to the bed, under the tree, with a white tablecloth and lots of chairs.

On a table lay a camo cap bearing the words "Make America Great Again".

The fish lay on a table.

A floral arrangement shaped like a broken heart lay on a table.

In one room, a single "superflat" painting lay on a table.

His daughter, her skull crushed, lay on a table behind the closed doors across the hall.

Mariachi skeleton puppets lay on a table awaiting decorations for their tiny charro jackets.

Four untouched wedding cakes lay on a table by the window.

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