How To Use Laid up In A Sentence

Each evening, before retiring, the careful wife sees that a hocho, or kitchen knife, is laid upon the kitchen floor, and covered with a kanadarai, or brazen wash - basin, on the upturned bottom of which is placed a single straw sandal, of the noiseless sort called zori, also turned upside down. Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series
Two Chinese coworkers who came unasked to my filthy apartment when I was laid up with a miserable viral scunge and brought me soup, medicine and tidied the place up. Imagethief
The fault of the ass must not be laid upon the packsaddle.
The Caliph wondered at her words and bade the tale be recorded and chronicled and laid up in his muniment-chambers. — The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
The word magazine derives from an Arabic word meaning a storehouse, a place where goods are laid up.

She was laid up with pneumonia for six weeks
With their mother laid up with a broken ankle, Jane Tomlinson's daughters have decided to fund-raise on her behalf.
The old man was laid up with a severe stroke.
Much stress is laid upon this and other seeming discrepancies to conclude that the description of the tabernacle found in Ex., xxv-xxxi, xxxix-xl, is the work of post-exilian authors of the Priestly Code. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon
The rough hand of the New World had been laid upon the Scotsman from his boyhood; but sterling honesty was written in every line of his bitter-seamed face, while a prognathous jaw proclaimed to the onlooker that honesty was the best policy, -- for the onlooker at any rate, should he wish to do business with the owner of the jaw. CHAPTER 6
Jim had been laid up for months and still carried a satchel full of medications.
Earlier we traced the new emphasis which, by contrast, Liberal Theology laid upon the historical approach to the New Testament.
By what is called the impost 1692, a duty of five and twenty per cent., of the rate or value, was laid upon all French goods; while the goods of other nations were, the greater part of them, subjected to much lighter duties, seldom exceeding five per cent. III. Book IV. Of the Extraordinary Restraints upon the Importation of Goods of Almost All Kinds, from Those Countries with which the Balance Is Supposed to Be Disadvantageous
I nestled down close to him, relieved in mind and body, and I was just thinking that though scraps of slaty stone and brashy earth were not good things for stuffing a feather-bed, they were, all the same, very comfortable for a weary person to lie upon, when I felt a hand laid upon my shoulder, and opening my eyes found the sun shining brightly and Patience Wins War in the Works
Ed. [208] On this passage, which has given so much trouble to commentators, and which Calvin has considered as such length, it may be observed, that the term rendered scepter means also rod, and sometimes is translated tribe; perhaps because each of the twelve tribes had its rod laid up in the tabernacle and temple. Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2
And it is wonder to tell a thing, that Theophrastus saith and telleth that bear's flesh sodden that time (of their sleeping) vanisheth if it be laid up, and is no token of meat found in the almery, but a little quantity of humour .... Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus
He ordered a pair of additional vesicatories to be laid upon his arms, and other proper medicines to be administered.
I spent last week popping Ibroprufen, cold powders and the muscle relaxants I need now that I have developed the habit of ricking my back when laid up in bed.
During a typhoon in the Sea of Japan, the ship is torn of her canvas and the masts come aglow with the corposants, St Elmo's Fire, a source of deep superstition to sailors, who believed them to be a portentious omen, ‘God's burning finger… laid upon the ship’.
Penny and penny, laid up, will be many.
The old man was laid up with his broken left leg.
A linen cloth anointed with this oil, called a chrisom cloth, is laid upon the baby's face. Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03
The young girl and Haviland, however, conveyed their charge carefully and safely to the farm-house, had him laid upon her own prettily-belaced bed, and Haviland insisted -- was it not a sacrifice in him on that critical evening of his election! The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making
laid up with a bad cold
Coloured glass is of two kinds: (1) _Stained glass_, made by mixing metallic oxides with the glass when in a state of fusion, the colours thus going through the whole mass; (2) _Painted glass_, in which colouring is laid upon the white or tinted glass, and fixed by the action of fire. English Villages
Being wise, he knew that I would slip and fall on the ice, that I would break my leg and be laid up in traction for two days.
The fault of the ass must not be laid upon the packsaddle.
Mr. Stross explained that Google's goal is to feed information to the company's servers like they are some kind of famished beasts: "It has reached out to claim as many books as it can get hold of, as many videos as its users would like to submit, as many different kinds of maps as can be overlaid upon the earth and the sky, and as many of the documents that computer users routinely create for home, office, and school. Home | The New York Observer
It was snowing so fast that she feared that the way to the peat stack would be blocked up, and therefore her next work was, with the help of the two boys, to pull down as much fuel as would last for a week, and carry it indoors; and she examined the potatoes laid up in bracken leaves, but fancying that if she brought them in, the warmth of the cottage would spoil them, she only took enough for a single meal. A Book of Golden Deeds
The picture changed yet again, though, at the par-five eighth where Johnson laid up short of the green in two before hitting a wedge to six feet for his fourth birdie of the day.
The burden that is laid upon a humanist or an atheist or someone who is not bound by any ideology or creed is that you believe in nothing but you believe in anything.
Lawrie could have played cautiously, laid up with a wedge on his second shot and then hit another, shorter wedge shot into the green for a certain bogey 5 to secure his win. Claret Jug back at home
He was then presented to the Chancellor and Proctors in congregation, and, with hand laid upon the Bible, swore, in a kneeling posture, that he would keep the statutes, would actually incept -- we shall see what this means presently -- within a year, that he would not spend more at his inception than the sum allowed, that he would neither lecture nor hear lectures at The Customs of Old England
Stone was laid upon stone, these granite syllables were coupled together, the word essayed some combinations. II. This Will Destroy That. Book V
He laid upon the table a drawstring purse of soft leather, that chinked faintly as it shifted and settled.
He should "tarry" (shebh, imperative from yashabh; here not in the sense of "dwell" but "tarry") just long enough to carry out the injunction laid upon him. Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1
In the granary, which is usually a low back room, the ears of corn are often sorted by color and laid up in neat piles, red, yellow, white, blue, black, and mottled, a Hopi study in corn color. The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi
I've been laid up in bed with a nasty flu the last few days, and time is warping on me.
Great and interesting light has been thrown on the history of this monarch and the transaction of his reign, by the decipherment of the cuneatic inscriptions on the rocks at Behistun. in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The red carpet laid up the centre aisle, the uniformed presence of guides and brigini, the papal flag at half mast outside made the large congregation fully aware of the significance of this communal tribute.
The old man was laid up with his broken left leg.
He laid upon the table a drawstring purse of soft leather, that chinked faintly as it shifted and settled.
King Ethelred and his cowardly, selfish Court were well satisfied with this expedient, and the tax called Danegeld was laid upon the people, in order to raise a fund for buying off the enemy. A Book of Golden Deeds
I was led, however, to suspect, that the more modern; for in general the tinge of colour, produced by the phlogisticated alkali in the acid laid upon them, seemed less deep; which, however, might depend in part upon the length of time they have been kept: and perhaps more gum was used in them, or possible they were washed over with some kind of varnish, though not such as gave gloss. Forty Centuries of Ink
The fault of the ass must not be laid upon the packsaddle.
All the blame of Israel's ruin laid upon themselves: O Israel! thy perdition is thence; it is of and from thyself; or, It has destroyed thee, O Israel! that is, all that sin and folly of thine which thou art before charged with. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
Although truly about a mentally fractured woman turned vigilante psychopath after a beating by thugs leaves her laid up in a hospital for three weeks, only to wake up to the news that her fiance was killed in the attack all plot points readily pronounced in the previews, so don't cry spoiler, the film would like to pass itself off as a story about female empowerment—the kind of dunderhead regressiveness mistaken for social progress in a logic-free think tank. Archive 2008-01-01
The monk's advice is like the algarroba; -- [The algarroba is a sort of leguminous plant common in Spain] -- when it is laid up to dry it may be reasonably wholesome, but it is harsh and bitter enough when taken fresh. Leila or, the Siege of Granada, Book II.
Penny and penny, laid up, will be many.
The fault of the ass must not be laid upon the packsaddle.
Earlier we traced the new emphasis which, by contrast, Liberal Theology laid upon the historical approach to the New Testament.
The constant effort to relieve the sense of this affords him the most admirable openings for the display of his exquisite style, of which he seldom or never fails to make the very most in this regard; but the necessity laid upon him to aim at securing a sense of relief by this is precisely the same as led him to write the overfine speeches in the plays, as Mr Pinero found and pointed out at Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial
I was laid up in bed with acute rheumatism.
The beds commonly used in this place, and all over Italy, consist of a paillasse, with one or two mattrasses, laid upon planks, supported by two wooden benches. Travels through France and Italy
Penny and penny, laid up, will be many.
For then we shall see things as they are, the evil circumstances and the crooked intentions, the adherent unhandsomeness and the direct crimes; for all things are laid up safely, and tho we draw a curtain of cobweb over them, and a few fig-leaves before our shame, yet God shall draw away the curtain, and forgetfulness shall be no more, because, with a taper in the hand of God, all the corners of our nastiness shall be discovered. The World's Great Sermons, Volume 02 Hooker to South
Gone are the days of, say, Harvard vs. Yale, when, at tailgating — or "Yale-gating" — parties men wore full-length raccoon-fur coats (beanie optional), white linen tablecloths were laid upon fold-out tables, jalopies were crammed with silver sets and champers in ice buckets, and Astroturf had yet to be invented. The Gentleman
Caleb, observing what stress they laid upon the difficulty of conquering Hebron, a city garrisoned by the giants, and how thence they inferred that the conquest of the whole land was utterly impracticable, in opposition to their suggestions, and to convince the people that he spoke as he thought, bravely desired to have that city which they called invincible assigned to himself for his own portion: "I will undertake to deal with that, and, if I cannot get it for my inheritance, I will be without. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther)
The fault of the ass must not be laid upon the packsaddle.
“He called it cinchonism, and Mercer’s still laid up. The Fashion in Shrouds
One I laid up and with the other I betook myself to enjoying the pleasures of friendship and conviviality and consorting with intimates and boon-companions and with the sons of the merchants, nor did I leave one but I caroused with him and he with me, and I lavished all my money on comrades and good cheer, till there remained with me naught; [FN#15] whereupon I betook myself to the friends and fellow-topers upon whom I had wasted my wealth, so perhaps they might provide for my case; but, when I visited them and went round about to them all, I found no vantage in one of them, nor would any so much as break a bittock of bread in my face. Arabian nights. English
How much land must you commit to arable rotation, and how much must be laid up for hay or silage?
In fact, freed of the crushing exactions laid upon them by a Rome always eager to bribe its vast, unproductive military class into quietude, they may even have been left to enjoy more of the fruits of their own labors than usual.
I see your Jacky is helping old Andy since he's been laid up," said Alick Duncan, the big foreman, some weeks later, as he paddled across the river with the boy's father. The Shagganappi
Penny and penny, laid up, will be many.
I've had four horses down with the 'zooty, and two men laid up with dip'thery. Tom Grogan
This very mare I rode - my bay, best of my horses, had laid upon her back a crimson cloth bedight with patterns worked in blue.
And old Barlow the macebearer laid up with asthma, no mace on the table, nothing in order, no quorum even, and Hutchinson, the lord mayor, in Llandudno and little Lorcan Sherlock doing LOCUM TENENS for him. Ulysses
The company doctor tells him that he'll be laid up for months with a severe ankle and foot injury.
Not only did we lose a number of ships outright, but a good proportion of our fleet is going to be laid up in shipyards for repairs.
The fault of the ass must not be laid upon the packsaddle.
His first tenure of office as subprior was interrupted by the exile of the community from Agnetenberg (1429), occasioned by the unpopular observance of the Canons of Windesheim of an interdict laid upon the country by Martin V. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon
Considering the fact that she was too decayed to put to sea, had no guns aboard, no crew, and was, in fact, laid up, the feat of the _Tenedos_ was not very wonderful; a row-boat could have "blockaded" her quite as well. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans
Many boxes were laid upon the counter before him, the counter was strewn with "neckwear," and yet he had only found one to his liking. The Ffolliots of Redmarley
A small portion of a thread imbrued in the virus (as in the old method of inoculating the smallpox) and laid upon the slightly incised skin might probably prove a successful way of giving the disease; or the cutis might be exposed in a minute point by an atom of blistering plaster, and the virus brought in contact with it. On Vaccination Against Smallpox
No one and nothing was supposed to interfere with the path kismet laid upon a human being.
Penny and penny, laid up, will be many.
When dried they are separated from the dust and partly from the outward membranous coat by means of a kind of winnow, and are then laid up in warehouses. James Braithwaite, the Supercargo The Story of his Adventures Ashore and Afloat
Large blocks of stone, shaped to fit the upper surface of the rock, were laid upon it, generally endways, that is, with their smallest surface outwards, their length forming the thickness of the wall, which was sometimes as much as fifteen or twenty feet. [ History of Phoenicia
A feature of the times was the remarkably personal character of the wars, and the apparent utter indifference to humble popular interests; _Quidquid delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi; _ stress is laid upon this point by the democratic philosopher Lao-tsz, who, however, in his book (be it genuine or not), is wise enough never to name a person or place; probably that prudence saved it from the flames in 213 B.C. Ancient China Simplified
He's laid up with a broken leg.
They laid up a store of vegetables in the cellar.
The old man was laid up with a severe stroke.
When an individual uses a new word, if illformed it is rejected in society, if wellformed, adopted, and, after due time, laid up in the depository of dictionaries. Letters
The galvanoplastic process of M. Coblence for obtaining electrotypes of wood-engravings is as follows: A frame is laid upon a marble block, and then covered with a solution of wax, colophane, and turpentine. Scientific American Supplement, No. 488, May 9, 1885
A small portion of a thread imbrued in the virus (as in the old method of inoculating the smallpox) and laid upon the slightly incised skin might probably prove a successful way of giving the disease; or the cutis might be exposed in a minute point by an atom of blistering plaster, and the virus brought in contact with it. On Vaccination Against Smallpox
And old Barlow the macebearer laid up with asthma, no mace on the table, nothing in order, no quorum even, and Hutchinson, the lord mayor, in Llandudno and little Ulysses
Happy that she indeed looked like a normal person sleeping, he himself laid upon his futon, rolling onto his right side, facing away from her.
When distended largely, its summit is raised above the pubic symphysis, the small intestines having yielded place to it, and in this state it can be felt by the hand laid upon the hypogastrium. Surgical Anatomy
Everything from the aforesaid lamp, to the chair, to the books laid upon the desk, fell with a crash as he hurriedly tried to vacate the room.
The Septuagint translation is instructive; it runs thus: ewv an eluh ta apoceimena autw -- "until the things laid up in store come into his possession. Exposition of Genesis: Volume 1
Not that it mattered overly to me - this was my day to be thick with cold and laid up with Lemsip and hot rum toddies.
The strenuousness and power of a godward life shows itself in the privileges and responsibilities laid upon the Christian by this identity.
The exemplary closeness of "The Awkward Age" even affects me, on re-perusal, I confess, as treasure quite instinctively and foreseeingly laid up against my present opportunity for these remarks. The Awkward Age
He has laid up the supply of all our need in the storehouse, which is Expositions of Holy Scripture Psalms
Let us return, therefore, if you please, or rather because you please, to the work which we have intermitted; and let us examine the Holy Ghost enduing us with the light of truth, the heavenly treasures which holy Isaiah has laid up under the guise of parables, when he writes that parable which the people, freed from his tyranny, shall take up against the king of Babylon. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)
Whatever stress may be laid upon this, we find it hard to vindicate Burke from the charge of factiousness. Burke
Killed in the fire were four horses that were being laid up from the racetrack, two yearlings, and one weanling.
Powell ruptured a disc in his back and was laid up for a year.
There is in this case a risk of wireworm and black bot; but if the turf is provided in good time and is laid up in the yard ready for use, it will be searched by the small birds and pretty well cleansed of the insect larvas that may have lurked in it when first removed. The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition
The word magazine derives from an Arabic word meaning a storehouse, a place where goods are laid up.
The fault of the ass must not be laid upon the packsaddle.
Do we know that there is a possibility, on any terms, of unclasping the firm gripe of this little Hand, which was laid upon me before I came into the world?
Maggie is conscious of her uniqueness in this regard: she thinks it is ‘part of the hardship of her life that there was laid upon her the burthen of larger wants than others seemed to feel’.
She's laid up with a broken leg.
In the first place, it will hardly be denied that we possess the finest and safest harbourage for shipping, where vessels of all sorts can come to moorings and be laid up in absolute security17 as far as stress of weather is concerned. Ways and Means
The punt was finally brought ashore and laid upside down against a garden wall at our home in Cork.
I want you, dear Lady Evelyn, to promise me some money, a great deal of money, as much as would buy you a little mannish cloth frock – for the complete bringing-up, until years of discretion, of a young stranger whom the sea has laid upon our shore. Archive 2009-11-01
At first its nonappearance did not worry me much, for I attributed the delay to the bad weather, and supposed Colonel Crawford had wisely laid up during the worst storms. She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories

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