Sentence examples for phrase laid down from inspiring English sources

Seferis called this Cavafy's "tango" rhythm, but to me it feels more like masonry, phrase after blocklike phrase laid down and pounded level with a mallet.

We drank a pint each, and over the course of an hour, she laid down a precise interpretation of club culture, and everything that phrase entails.

That laid down a marker.

The scorekeeper laid down his pencil.

Rivers has already laid down the law.

The fifth day he laid down varnish.

He laid down the ground rules.

Mr. Boehner has laid down his markers.

They laid down a few simple guidelines.

I laid down my pencil.

Parliament has laid down rules.