lay over
Example Sentences
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Even worse was the mural’s bottom half, where graffiti lay over older graffiti and an entire section was painted over with gray paint, which bore even more graffiti.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2023
An eerie silence lay over the courtyard of Ramadan al-Suleiman's nursery in northern Syria on Sunday as he picked his way through smashed cinderblocks, twisted metal and broken plastic swings.
From Reuters • Feb. 13, 2023
Fly back on Monday, lay over again in Las Vegas, this time for 10 hours, arrive home Tuesday morning — $335 round trip.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2022
“Even though you might use the same three colors in five different pieces, if you change the speed of each one, they lay over each other and make different pieces,” he said.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2022
It lay over the water and through the mountains, over a thousand miles, and every strange terrible mile was frightening.
From "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck
