Sentence examples for lay someone from inspiring English sources

"When you lay someone off you still have some financial responsibility for them," Ms. Withers said.

Here lay someone who clearly had expected to be doing other things that day.

He was a combination of boss and friend -- a captain beloved by his crew, even when he had to lay someone off, which he found agonizing.

"If this response seems particularly emotional, perhaps an associate's emotional vulnerability after a recent miscarriage is a factor you should consider the next time you fire or lay someone off," she wrote.

Wherever staff could lay someone down they did.

Not exactly a logical way to lay someone to rest, but alas.

Beyond siege lies someone.

"Stop lying!" someone blurted.

Who can forget Andrew Rannells's tight Pepsodent smile and Josh Gad's turn as the hopeful schlub who lies? (Someone should cast Gad as Zero Mostel, or as Oscar Levant).

Don't lie, because if you're regular and you lie, someone might think you're weird and may think that you're a bad person for trying to make the other person a fool of themselves.

That I don't want to really lay into someone.