Lay
Lay verb - To arrange something in a certain spot or position.
Sight
Sight verb - To make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes.
Common collocations
| people | lay people | sight people |
Both words in one sentence
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Just lay a porno mag within its line of sight, and it will suffer a nosebleed and faint.
- They said 'Freak', when you're singled out / The Red / Well it filters through/ So lay down, the threat is real / When his sight goes red again.
- This results in the somewhat humorous sight of people team-hefting logs only to team-Step them and lay them on a flatbed truck in Datum.
Source: Literature / The Long Earth
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