Sentence examples for period of lay from inspiring English sources

Sexually mature hens are capable of ovulating almost once per day for the duration of their period of lay.

Others anticipate a period of lying low before he strikes again.

Why has London fashion become such an integral part of the international scene, after a period of lying fallow?

A military procession brings the coffin to Westminster Hall (the oldest part of the Palace of Westminster, erected by the Normans) for a three-day period of lying in state.

Each time Obama goes through a period of lying doggo, his opponents — from Hillary in the primaries to the Tea Party in the summer of 2009 to the House Republicans during the debt-ceiling debacle — get an infusion of oxygen.

When Holmes miraculously reappeared in the pages of the Strand after a three-year absence, he explained the hiatus as a necessary period of lying low to avoid reprisals from Moriarty's gang; and claimed to have spent the time travelling through Tibet disguised as a Norwegian explorer named Sigerson.

'You've had periods of lying fallow, as one might say, rather like a field.

No extended periods of lying were observed during the time spent in the pasture.

In soldiers, 43% of cases were associated with outdoor exposure, usually related to prolonged periods of lying on the ground.

The protocol consisted of periods of lying, sitting, standing, walking over ground and walking and running on the treadmill.

When a person is going through long periods of lying they will start to act very oddly.