Sentence examples for table is laid from inspiring English sources

The table is laid with simple, rustic silverware, thick ceramic plates, and a dewy, chipped water pitcher.

In the dining room the table is laid for an opulent Victorian feast of about a dozen courses.

The table is laid with French breads and pastries, fresh pineapple, mango and guayaba juices, plus hams, cheese and chorizo.

And then we have Laure Prouvost, who has constructed a shed in which a table is laid with food and crazy crockery.

"We give a dinner party here once in a blue moon," she writes of the grand room in her book, adding that "usually the table is laid for phantoms".

We meet in a backstage suite before a concert in Milan, in which a table is laid for dinner – glasses for wine and water and a bowl of fruit like a Cézanne still life.

The table was laid.

In the kitchen, the table was laid with old English china, and dulce de leche cakes.

A table was laid out with sandwiches – salami and pork fat – biscuits, tea and coffee.

A table was laid with a simple picnic of pita bread, hummus and olives.

Indeed, in the 18th century, the table was laid on "open days" for anyone who wanted dinner.