Sentence examples for lay at hand from inspiring English sources

But redemption lay at hand.

All the building materials lay at hand, perpetually recycled, costing nothing but effort.

Desperate for respectability and for cash, they worked at whatever trade lay at hand: peddling scrap metal, furs, gloves.

In the Middle Ages, the rich (and the Roman Catholic Church) were enjoying the clear and steady flames of beeswax candles, while the rest of the world still squinted into the grimy light of whatever adipose matter lay at hand, whether rendered from manatees, alligators, whales, sheep, oxen, bison, deer or coconuts.

Whether as elected official or private citizen, I attacked these common needs with the ingenious use of whatever resources lay at hand.

The answer, amazingly, lies at hand.

And lying at hand are the old familiar discarded ones.

But what's the point in continuing an endless dialogue over it when other tools lie at hand?

The computers all work, they're all up to date, they have pro applications installed, and a bunch of compatible media and accessories are lying at hand, giving the illusion that all is right in Apple's little world.

Some lay near at hand.

But a more immediate threat lay closer at hand: what he was doing was illegal under British law.