How to pronounce lay
Listen to lay in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“lay” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 552 American · 1000 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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bricks to lay and nobody to pay you to lay them.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 37:35 · hear it here
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lawyers, academics, lay persons, particularly lay persons with chronic fatigue syndrome.
CDC · watch from 23:43 · hear it here
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weights of expectation lay before.
UK Parliament · watch from 34:34 · hear it here
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lay out those parts once we get them back lay them out on the hangar floor
NTSB · watch from 15:39 · hear it here
Why real speech
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