Sentence examples for lay and secure from inspiring English sources

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As the first users of the plane, the Romans found that a stout workbench was a necessity; truing a surface without a bench on which to lay and secure the wood was nearly impossible.

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Use any old hat you have lying around and secure to his head with hot glue.

Stoke, however, refused to lie down and secured a hard-earned point when Crouch scored his second goal in nine Premier League matches after meeting Walters' cross six-yards out.

Thankfully, BioShock 2 notifies you when there's one on the way, giving you just a little time, seconds really, to lay traps and secure entry and exit points.

At the other pole from Caesar is Cleopatra, who must have also been a considerable political force but has here become an entirely personal one, manipulating, conniving and lying to secure her prey, but also loving with all the infatuation and ecstatic unsteadiness of a young girl.

A convoy of 203 vehicles transporting 1,862 wooden cases set out one August morning to hundreds of inconspicuous castles in France where they could lie, anonymous and secure.

After you fix these screws in place, the mechanism should lie flush and secure at the base of the box without being held in place.

December 22, 2008 All praise be Valium in Jesus' name: a CAT-scan needle biopsy sent me up a happy cul-de-sac, a detour not detached from consciousness but sweetly part — I heard machines and experts murmuring about me — a dulcet tube in which I lay secure and warm and thought creative thoughts, intensely so, as in my fading prime.

December 22, 2008 All praise be Valium in Jesus' name: a CAT-scan needle biopsy sent me up a happy cul-de-sac, a detour not detached from consciousness but sweetly part— I heard machines and experts murmuring about me— a dulcet tube in which I lay secure and warm and thought creative thoughts, intensely so, as in my fading prime.

by Sharon Levy December 22, 2008 All praise be Valium in Jesus' name: a CAT-scan needle biopsy sent me up a happy cul-de-sac, a detour not detached from consciousness but sweetly part — I heard machines and experts murmuring about me — a dulcet tube in which I lay secure and warm and thought creative thoughts, intensely so, as in my fading prime.

"Lay" and "lie".

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