lap

Example Sentences

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"It's a devastated group. We are in the lap of gods now. We haven't been at our best. We will watch the Zimbabwe vs Ireland game and hope."

From BBC

In the mind's eye you could imagine him stretched out on a couch with the sound of gently lapping water playing in his ears.

From BBC

It was the lead-off single to “Parade,” the full soundtrack album to Prince’s 1986 vanity lap “Under the Cherry Moon,” in which he directed and starred, and premiered months after “Kiss” became a hit.

From Salon

The Americans are looking up in the medal standings at host nation Italy, which is on pace for its best-ever Olympics, and they have been lapped by the Norwegian gods of the Winter Games.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now she can enjoy her Olympic victory lap.

From Los Angeles Times