Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lay back
Verb
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Even if Senate Republicans conceded to breaking up the funding package, the bills would be kicked back to the House of Representatives, which is on a weeklong recess.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026 -
Gatlin paid an Atlanta audiovisual contractor $2 million, who then kicked back $1 million to her, according to court records.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
12 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Kay squatted by a monitor, bobbing his head to the beat.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
8 Dec. 2025
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The brace successfully monitored joint bending while the subject walked, ran, squatted, and jumped, even reconstructing the person’s running gait with precision.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Engage the core to help keep the lower spine curvature neutral and not rounded or slouched.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
7 Oct. 2025
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Bichette, the bat taken out of his hand, slouched back to the bench.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Yazid plopped him down, then put his hands in his lap, awaiting events.—
Daniyal Mueenuddin,
New Yorker,
23 Nov. 2025
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Each of the seven sauces was plopped out of the can onto a plate so editors could taste them without seeing any of the packaging.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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In the selfie, Gomez lounged on her sofa with her head in one hand.—
Meg Walters,
InStyle,
17 Jan. 2026
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Patrons lounged in a smoky daze; men wearing fedoras played mah-jongg.—
Dennis Zhou,
New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The hero of the book’s first section is the sixteenth-century Spanish priest and writer Bartolomé de las Casas, who straddled the Old World and the New, issuing startling moral novelties to both.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
25 Dec. 2025
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Purdy correctly straddled the line on the play between being safe and taking a shot.—
Jerry McDonald,
Mercury News,
1 Dec. 2025
Verb
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The Ritz-Carlton is the only hotel in its class that’s plunked itself down in an actual neighborhood instead of a dedicated business district.—
Brandon Presser,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Jan. 2026
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That took him to 14, but Khawaja was out three runs later, missing a full toss from Carse that plonked into his back foot.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Lay back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lay%20back. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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