As the first thing you lay eyes upon when opening up a new book, the first line needs to be impactful, enticing, and enough to get us hooked.
The memory strengthens as you lay burdens upon it and becomes trustworthy as you trust it.
They concluded that "it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things: that you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from unchastity" (Acts 15:28).
"You lay a foundation and you build upon it".
The subliminal message is "I have done my duty by touching all the bases to show my profound understanding of both sides, and the buttering-up I have just completed gives me the right to now lay upon you what I really think".
Spoon out the crisps and lay upon some paper to drain.
A film of tiny insects and bits of vegetation lay upon the surface.
She looked down to see that her hand lay upon a pile of silk stockings.
Cut the egg in half and lay upon the beetroot, seasoning with a little salt and pepper.
He was gazing from his office window at 10 East 40th St., admiring the smooth fall of snow that lay upon Bryant Park.
