Words similar to lay

Example sentences for: lay

How can you use “lay” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

"Look, where once dead deserts lay, now flowering cities arise!
She bore two sons who both died in infancy, but by the time she was about to give birth to their third child, her husband lay dying at Falkland Palace.
Fourteen percent of the lay health advisors required 16 weeks to master the didactic material and an additional 8 weeks to master the presentation skills.
Responding on Today to the professor's crack about "lay people," the chair of the Kansas board observed: "Many parents I've talked to believe that they know what is best for their children.
Should you manage to lay hands on a ticket, you have to run a gauntlet of burly security guards and pass through an airport metal detector to get to your seat.