Sentence examples for to lap from inspiring English sources

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to lap

verb

To enfold; to hold as in one's lap; to cherish.

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Michael sat down, applying napkin to lap.

Yet Amazon and other digital upstarts continue to lap them.

During the meeting, Elian bounced from lap to lap.

And complain though they might, domestic banks can be counted upon to lap up the debt.

She petted Gaines's cat, which was moving promiscuously from lap to lap, sparing nobody.

Europeans seem as happy to lap up that sort of Americana as ever.

From race to race and even from lap to lap it can change.

It is irresistible — sweet, creamy, salty, crunchy — and all too easy to lap up.

Analysts expect domestic demand to lap up all of China's output within a few years.

Shakeel's young son tumbled around in the darkness, moving from lap to lap.

Lions, leopards, jaguars and ocelots turned out to lap at the speeds predicted by the engineers.

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