Sentence examples for past laid from inspiring English sources

Along the way, old wounds are reopened, skeletons rattled and the past laid to rest.

But this doesn't mean that the quality of new artistic works being created today is any lower than it ever was; it just means that many of these new works don't have the same sort of quasi-universalist appeal that some art of the past laid claim to.

Michael Weyman, a wonderfully gnarled Australian prop who has played State of Origin rugby in the past, laid the foundations for Josh Hodgson to sparkle from hooker, allowing the centre Liam Salter to help himself to two simple tries, and the French second-row Kevin Larroyer to add a third.

Superbly satisfying, mischief-making and funny, Gide's wonderfully controlled account of a young man who will commit any act to rid himself of the cliches of convention and family and his own past laid one of the first paths for other alienated heroes to follow.

When she came into the warehouse and witnessed an overwhelming chunk of her past laid out in boxes, the floodgates tore open.

I thought we were going for a stroll, instead, I realized Daniel was about to transport us to another century of time, where the shadows of our deep rich Jewish past laid awake amongst the walking dead.

In the past, laying himself bare has been the most natural thing.

According to conventional wisdom, companies have used this knowledge to cut jobs and hours more rapidly than in the past, laying the groundwork for a fast recovery.

The operations will continue well past laying season, which ends in August, because eggs incubate for about 60 days.

The preseason runs from September 20 to October 31, and during this period, your past lays come creeping out of the woodwork and, fair is fair, you consider them all.

The walls of this self-proclaimed "pimp's burrow" are decorated with bras and addresses of his past lays, with plenty of raunchy "art" like naked chicks with gremlin-like lady parts.