Sentence examples for lay themselves from inspiring English sources

They lay themselves open to accusations of illegal conversion.

Like all fat people, they lay themselves open to ridicule by the shallow, unhappy and mean.

The candidates therefore compete for money, often from suspect sources, and thus lay themselves open to ever more eye-popping charges of corruption.

He began to feel an odd sympathy for the exhausted men slogging through the sand, envied them as they lay themselves down before his fire".

Pathos is alive and well; there has never been a better time for British comics to lay themselves bare and talk to their audiences honestly about their experiences.

Were they more at leisure, perhaps, to let the past wash over the present — to lay themselves at the mercy of regret?

(In "Mein Kampf," Hitler had written that most people "are more easily victimized by a large than by a small lie, since they sometimes tell petty lies themselves but would be ashamed to tell big ones").

These are probably lies themselves, so it might be worthwhile overcoming your reluctance and to check with the person you've been warned against.

A third important theme that emerged from these results arose from interviews conducted with lay counsellors themselves.

"I am far more worried about bankers lying to themselves" – deluding themselves they are in firm control of an institution that might be too big to manage.

These people are kidding themselves, and lying to themselves and to each other all the time.