Sentence examples for lay up with from inspiring English sources

"lay up with" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to stay in bed or stay at home due to illness or injury. Example: After spraining his ankle during the soccer game, John had to lay up with ice and rest for several days before he could walk properly again.

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They missed the fairway on their drives, forcing them to lay up with their second shots.

The problem was that the lie wasn't bad enough to make me lay up with my second shot.

On the 17th, Azinger drives into the bunker and is forced to lay up with his second shot.

Playing straight into the wind, Inkster was forced to lay up with her third shot after sending her drive into the trees on the right.

He had to lay up with his third shot on the par-5 16th hole and three-putted from 25 feet on the 18th for an even-par 70.

CBS was at its most enjoyable on the 18th hole during the debate over whether Toms should lay up with his second shot or risk a shot to the green with a 5-wood.

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He would allow them to come to wherever he stayed at to eat, to get high and shoot their dope, to lie up with different women.

Victor Espinoza sent American Pharoah straight into the lead and while the outsider Efinex tried to harry him on the pace, he could not lie up with Bob Baffert's colt, who was sent off as the odds-on favourite.

Was Hutchinson planning to take this pregnancy to term and just keep this lie up with this woman for the rest of his life?

Buried lie: Many professional golfers will lay up when faced with this difficult lie, opting for the steep loft angle and controllability of the sand wedge.

Police found the bodies of 21 women and 18 men lying face up with their arms by their sides.

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