Sentence examples similar to laying upon from inspiring English sources

No siege was laid upon our shorelines.

We recognize the responsibility our history has laid upon us, and we take it seriously".

"The hand of God is laid upon the nations," he said.

He sits and waits for grief to be laid upon him.

This Sleeping Beauty does not sleep, and the curse of death laid upon her is never mitigated.

She is happy, for instance, to subscribe to the family caricature laid upon her in infancy.

However, I don't feel that all the blame can be laid upon these organisations.

The liberation from Egypt laid upon Israel the obligation of exclusive loyalty to YHWH.

Then they laid upon me, and, splitting open my breast, they brought forth my heart.

He did not accept — and apparently did not perceive — the responsibility that his popular-vote victory had laid upon him.

They were "paralysed with fear" and the burden was "laid upon the resources of the government of this nation".