How to Use lap in a Sentence

lap

1 of 2 noun

• Bria sat down and put her hands in her lap.
  — CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
• An open Quran rests on her lap.
  — Literary Hub, 4 Mar. 2026
• So that’s in the lap of the gods, my friend.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 8 June 2026
• This wasn’t my first F1 hot lap.
  — Luke Smith, New York Times, 6 June 2026
• Looks like there will be at least one more green-lap pit stop.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 15 Feb. 2026
• There was no big crash on the final lap.
  — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
• Take a quick lap around the office.
  — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 24 June 2026
• The front half of the lap has braking zones.
  — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 29 May 2026
• Her head rolled into her lap, face down.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
• And so this was a gift that dropped into my lap.
  — Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
• Winners race for the sprint points, five laps.
  — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 3 May 2026
• Ford turned to a pro race driver for its laps.
  — ArsTechnica, 29 Sep. 2025
• And Daniel did a very good job to pull that lap out.
  — Luke Smith, New York Times, 15 May 2026
• Put your bag on your lap or rest it on your feet to take up less space.
  — Claudia Fisher, Travel + Leisure, 15 June 2026
• The justices sat stone-faced, their hands in their laps.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
• Youy might find that a new job or raise might fall into your lap.
  — Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
• Each row of the ride has room for two adults with a single lap bar.
  — Megan Dubois, Southern Living, 4 May 2026
• The fashion in which the last 10 laps played out.
  — Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
• The rest of the fall will be spent on a victory lap.
  — Sophie Williams, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
• So the victory lap is on hold — for now.
  — Mark Anderson, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
• With two laps to go, he was positioned to win.
  — Ryan Brennan april 22, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
• Both drivers clashed for 10 laps for the eleventh spot.
  — Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
• Grab your coffee and pull a blanket across your lap.
  — Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
• Win, pole, fastest lap — the full hat trick for the second time in three races.
  — Patrick Iversen, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
• What could be worse than snuggling and sitting on his lap?
  — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
• Lay your infant or child across your lap and on their stomach.
  — Leah Groth, Health.com, 2 Apr. 2020
• The wild finish featured two restarts in the last eight laps.
  — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 24 May 2026
• Keep hands on your lap and away from metal surfaces .
  — Brandi D. Addison, Des Moines Register, 6 Mar. 2026
• Keep hands on your lap and away from metal surfaces .
  — Brandi D. Addison, Oklahoman, 8 Jan. 2026
• But over the last lap, Young couldn’t muster one final push.
  — Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025

lap

2 of 2 verb

• Sorry, dudes, the ladies ran laps around you tonight.
  — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 2 Mar. 2026
• The rising water lapped at the wheels of the plane.
  — Ben East, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
• His cool, youthful customer is sure to lap them up.
  — Hanna McNeila, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
• The boat bobbed idly, water lapping against it.
  — Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
• There’s nothing better than slushy park laps with the homies.
  — Drew Zieff, Outside, 7 Nov. 2025
• The river lapped through sand behind me.
  — Matt Crossman, Midwest Living, 14 Apr. 2026
• As the waves lapped lightly, the canopy of stars stretched out before me.
  — Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2023
• There was no one to scold me for lapping up the mixture like a cat to milk.
  — Via Chronicle Books, Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
• And consumers are lapping it up.
  — Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 15 Jan. 2026
• Rice was lapping the entire league.
  — Sam McDowell 17, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
• Its gin-clear waters that lap up against white-sand beaches will leave you in awe.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2023
• The main beach, where clear water laps golden sand and palm trees, still bears her name.
  — Elena Clavarino, Air Mail, 14 Feb. 2026
• The small waves, cold and gentle, lapped my ankles, then my calves, then my thighs.
  — Betsy Blumenthal, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2023
• There's a player who has the same look who laps fives with Booker.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2023
• Both are there to lap up the celebration, as well as to take the stage.
  — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
• And yet, they were totally lapped up by the investors and the press.
  — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 15 Feb. 2026
• They were found hugging each other close as the water lapped around them.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2023
• Menšík lapped up the ambience even when his aces were met with silence.
  — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 26 May 2026
• Noise and crowds were replaced by the sounds of lapping waves and seagull cries.
  — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 12 Jan. 2026
• At high tide, the ocean waves lap up against the dune, which itself is badly eroded.
  — By wayne Parry, Quartz, 18 Mar. 2024
• But these tidal forces aren’t supposed to lap the shores of places like New York.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 31 Oct. 2022
• Investors lapped it up, sending the stock soaring.
  — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
• Madonna is lapping up the last days of summer with her children.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
• A couple of us swim laps in an outdoor pool, no matter the weather.
  — Lisa Jhung, Outside, 24 Feb. 2026
• Give yourself up to the waves of togetherness that lap at you and those around you.
  — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
• High walls ran between the dusty road and the hillside, and on the other side the lake sparkled and lapped.
  — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
• Theo Ratliff walked laps around the building with his family.
  — Tony Jones, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
• Hellebuyck would have to lap the field to win another one.
  — Sean Gentille, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
• The floodwaters lap against the levee banks and from there stretch miles to the horizon.
  — Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
• Slick napkins that slide off of everyone’s laps onto the floor?
  — Kristen Kidd, Denver Post, 26 Nov. 2025