How to Use layover in a Sentence

layover

1 of 2 noun

• Some of those flights had layovers from three hours to five hours.
  — Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 26 July 2024
• Lounges make the most sense, in my mind, on a long layover.
  — Zach Wichter, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026
• Please do not force your friends to endure a layover as well.
  — Amelia Harnish, refinery29.com, 1 June 2019
• This gives them more room to stretch out during long layovers.
  — Lindsay Tigar, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2023
• During layovers, the birds will rest and eat.
  — Ayana Archie, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026
• This means the flight includes a layover that lasts longer than a few hours.
  — Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 9 July 2025
• The long layover, and the lack of practice, might have some things out of sync.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Dec. 2022
• Running on a layover is my favorite way to get the lay of the land.
  — Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 28 Nov. 2025
• Who wants to sit twiddling their thumbs in a layover city or airport?
  — Nerdwallet, cleveland, 31 July 2022
• But sometimes a long layover calls for a little shut-eye.
  — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2026
• There’s no layover in Toronto, which is nice.
  — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025
• We're often forced to skip our short layovers to attempt to make up time.
  — Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 29 Oct. 2025
• Mitigate that risk with a long layover, which doesn’t have to be that bad.
  — Nerdwallet, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2023
• Some species, like snow and Ross's geese, have frequent layovers.
  — Ayana Archie, NPR, 9 Mar. 2026
• Or choose a different flight with a longer layover.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 15 May 2026
• Leno says of the Handel’s layover.
  — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 June 2026
• If you're not pressed for time, adding a layover in your travel plan can lower the price.
  — Adam Schubak, Country Living, 19 Dec. 2018
• There are a couple of three-hour tours, but most require at least a six-hour layover.
  — Alison Darosa, sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 Mar. 2018
• Most hikers take two days for the descent, two for the climb back out, and one as a layover.
  — Robert Earle Howells, National Geographic, 12 June 2019
• On long-haul flights with connections, think of your layover city as a chance for a bonus meal.
  — Mark Ellwood, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2021
• Use them to freshen up during a layover or deal with a minor spill.
  — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2025
• One way to use this to your advantage is to turn a longer layover into a bonus trip.
  — Kristin Wong, New York Times, 27 June 2018
• The same rule would apply to a customer with a layover, but not changing planes.
  — Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2023
• All routes will have restrooms at the end of the line for drivers and more time will be added at the layover.
  — Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 May 2021
• On the flip side, a three-hour layover might be unnecessary and can waste time.
  — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
• He is put up in a cheap hotel, but the first 16 hours of a layover are unpaid.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022
• Not all layovers are created equal.
  — Abby Price, Travel + Leisure, 7 Mar. 2026
• Outside of work, the Forge locks come in handy for lockers at the pool or the gym on layovers.
  — Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 10 July 2025
• This is a huge plus for anyone looking to get to a major hub without long layovers.
  — Jade Moyano, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
• Lima is way more than a layover on the way to trekking Machu Picchu.
  — Megan Wood, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2021

lay over

2 of 2 verb

• My arms itched, my scalp itched, and malaise lay over me like a mist.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2020
• The text is laid over the image of a man in red face paint with horns.
  — Molly Taft, The New Republic, 28 Sep. 2023
• Then this braid will lay over this part, and this braid is kind of laying over on the side of this braid.
  — Ashley Abramson, Allure, 11 Aug. 2021
• Pork skin crackles as lechon is sliced and laid over warm potatoes.
  — Priya Krishna, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
• Netting and brambles are laid over the top in places to obscure the contours.
  — Tyler Hicks Marc Santora, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2023
• These are laid over snow mounds and the joins taped together to seal everything in.
  — Chris Baraniuk, WIRED, 3 Sep. 2024
• Reeves' past football jerseys were laid over his blankets along with a teddy bear.
  — Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
• But really, the foundations of this have been laid over decades!
  — John Werner, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
• Dozens of chicken wings — whole ones, with the tips still attached — were scattered across a wire screen laid over the coals.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2023
• Each fence, wall, hedge, or canal laid over or through an existing path must be punctured by a gate, stile, or bridge.
  — Steven Potter, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2024
• The bones of this rail system are still embedded in the asphalt that was laid over the rails in front of my house.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
• The final two victims, were found laying over two children in a bedroom.
  — Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2023
• There were no sidewalks — only boards hastily laid over the pervasive muck.
  — Denise Kiernan, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2023
• Sushi is often served one of two ways—rolled with seaweed nori or as a perfect package of fish laid over an oblong rice ball.
  — Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 July 2023
• For a preppy moment, style the cardigan laid over your shoulders with some extra-baggy jeans.
  — Glamour, 2 Aug. 2024
• Above these, what initially looks like solid bodywork is just a skin laid over massive air channels on each side.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 29 Mar. 2023
• That bill was also technically scheduled for Monday but it was laid over once again.
  — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2025
• The report also details how bedding was laid over all but one of his children's bodies in bedrooms throughout the home.
  — Sam Metz, ajc, 8 Apr. 2023
• Custom rugs were laid over the existing teak flooring for a warmer barefoot experience.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2023
• Two of the victims were found in a bedroom laying over two children in an apparent attempt to shield them, Capers said.
  — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 1 May 2023
• However, the electric and magnetic fields become weaker and more dispersed when the sensor is laid over a curved surface.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Mar. 2020
• And Iowa shouldn’t be laying over seven points in a conference game against anyone save Minnesota.
  — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2023
• Where City have benefited significantly is in reaping the rewards of plans laid over a decade ago.
  — Chris Weatherspoon, The Athletic, 19 Mar. 2025
• The total order was for 14 flags, Brewer added, including 12 to lay over coffins for a burial scene.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Apr. 2021
• After slabs of concrete were laid over the body and water was mixed into the fresh earth to seal the tomb, Iyas' guardian quickly prayed for the boy, alongside one gravedigger.
  — NBC News, 13 Feb. 2024
• But for almost 100 million years, the continent lay over the South Pole without freezing.
  — Anamaria Silic, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2021
• The latter shows a camera view on the touchscreen with virtual arrows laid over it—a clever use of tech, granted, but since the display is off to the side of your eye line, not the most useful.
  — Alistair Charlton, WIRED, 21 July 2024
• Exotic orchid arrangements by Paloma Blooms and birds of paradise lay over the long dinner tables.
  — Ian Malone, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2022
• True to the Superleggera legacy, the curvy exterior is composed of thin-gauge aluminum panels that lay over a steel tube structure.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2022
• The main one that senior officials have told me about are these minefields that the Russians laid over the winter when the weather prohibited much in the way of fighting.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023