How to pronounce laid
Listen to laid in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“laid” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 559 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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laid without sufficient consultation.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 197:46 · hear it here
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One laid in this direction and the other laid in the opposite direction.
National Archives · watch from 23:35 · hear it here
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laid out or some version of the principles we laid out as well as
State Department · watch from 17:27 · hear it here
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AC is laid out and the way these slides are laid out, we go
FAA · watch from 3:54 · hear it here
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