- present tense form of bay (3rd person singular).
bays
Example Sentences
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All the world is indeed a stage and all its inhabitants merely stock players, as Jaques lays out in “As You Like It.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2026
At night, she now wets a hand towel and lays it across the end of her bed.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026
It first lays out protections afforded to LPRs, declaring that they “shall not” be compelled to prove that they satisfy the requirements for legal entry “unless” one of six exceptions applies.
From Slate • Jun. 23, 2026
A person close to Jones told AFP that he was keeping his options open until Burnham lays out more detailed plans for government, particularly on the economy, but that he considered a run "very unlikely".
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
She lays down with her head on her paws and knows to leave me alone when I’m thinking.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
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