How to Use layover in a Sentence

layover

1 of 2 noun
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  • The long layover, and the lack of practice, might have some things out of sync.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Some of those flights had layovers from three hours to five hours.
    — Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 26 July 2024
  • Many flights to and from Alaska have layovers at the Sea-Tac.
    — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Mar. 2020
  • The flight is nonstop on the way to Las Vegas, with a 40-minute layover on the way back.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2024
  • First, there was the quick year at Woodside — a layover.
    — Jesse Barron, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Please do not force your friends to endure a layover as well.
    — Amelia Harnish, refinery29.com, 1 June 2019
  • My cousin had a layover on his way back to New York City from Seattle.
    — Diana Wagman, Star Tribune, 14 June 2021
  • On my way back to the States, on my layover in Warsaw, the massacre in Bucha at the end of March hits the news cycle.
    — Harper Simon, SPIN, 20 May 2022
  • Lima is way more than a layover on the way to trekking Machu Picchu.
    — Megan Wood, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Then, your next flight is to Las Vegas, where there’s a 5-hour, 30-minute overnight layover.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • This gives them more room to stretch out during long layovers.
    — Lindsay Tigar, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • Their flight was a one-way trip to India with a layover in Turkey.
    — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 17 Apr. 2023
  • As usual, teams will take a layover at the halfway point in Nome and then head back to Big Lake.
    — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2020
  • The cheapest return flight from his new abode in Barcelona would set him back €534; with a layover to boot.
    — SI.com, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Mitigate that risk with a long layover, which doesn’t have to be that bad.
    — Nerdwallet, cleveland, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The two-day layover meant there was no time for the final stretch of our journey, around the New Zealand fjords.
    — Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2021
  • The Detroit airport was an eerie layover on the trip back to Ovid, her hometown.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2021
  • After a 10-day layover, the boats left for the Caribbean.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2024
  • The same rule would apply to a customer with a layover, but not changing planes.
    — Dallas News, 17 Feb. 2023
  • On long-haul flights with connections, think of your layover city as a chance for a bonus meal.
    — Mark Ellwood, Fortune, 25 Sep. 2021
  • Who wants to sit twiddling their thumbs in a layover city or airport?
    — Nerdwallet, cleveland, 31 July 2022
  • Each takes about half an hour to complete round-trip, with a 10-minute layover in between.
    — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 10 Feb. 2020
  • 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
  • Google Flights data showed that those who are willing to take a layover could save about 20% in fares.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2022
  • If your layover in Atlanta lasts 18 hours due thunderstorms and hurricane warnings, your policy can reimburse you for a hotel stay, food and transportation.
    — Erica Lamberg, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024
  • At minimum, travelers should leave a layover buffer of at least 45 minutes for domestic flights and 90 minutes for international trips, Berg said.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2024
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lay over

2 of 2 verb
  • The text is laid over the image of a man in red face paint with horns.
    — Molly Taft, The New Republic, 28 Sep. 2023
  • My arms itched, my scalp itched, and malaise lay over me like a mist.
    — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • Netting and brambles are laid over the top in places to obscure the contours.
    — Tyler Hicks Marc Santora, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Drape: Simply put, this is how fabric lays over your body.
    — Brad Lanphear, menshealth.com, 6 May 2023
  • Pork skin crackles as lechon is sliced and laid over warm potatoes.
    — Priya Krishna, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The final two victims, were found laying over two children in a bedroom.
    — Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 29 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • The total order was for 14 flags, Brewer added, including 12 to lay over coffins for a burial scene.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • But for almost 100 million years, the continent lay over the South Pole without freezing.
    — Anamaria Silic, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2021
  • There were no sidewalks — only boards hastily laid over the pervasive muck.
    — Denise Kiernan, Rolling Stone, 17 July 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The couple welcomed baby Liana on Saturday, Feb. 25, sharing a black and white photo where the newborn holds mom's hand, which lays over dad's.
    — Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • And Iowa shouldn’t be laying over seven points in a conference game against anyone save Minnesota.
    — Tanner McGrath, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The Therm-a-rest Z-seat Pad is a simple but comfortable seating pad that can be used directly on the ground (even over pebbles or sticks), or laid over a stadium bench.
    — Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 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
  • In one, a male voice laid over a video of the middle school’s principal, John Piscitella, goes on a 37-second tirade against Black students, saying they should be sent back to Africa and calling them monkeys and the n-word.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
  • All this is encased in hard plastic, laid over a stainless-steel shield fully bonded to the connector, and a single-piece strain is crimped on eight sides at the cord's meeting with the connector.
    — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 18 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • Custom rugs were laid over the existing teak flooring for a warmer barefoot experience.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Exotic orchid arrangements by Paloma Blooms and birds of paradise lay over the long dinner tables.
    — Ian Malone, Vogue, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The Counting On alums post included snapshots of a floral arrangement laying over a white box with their daughter’s remains, a service program and prayer.
    — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 23 Apr. 2024
  • After nearly two hours of comments, including three people speaking in favor of the ordinance and 11 against, supervisors voted to lay over the ordinance until April, giving them time to visit the trails.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Signifying the passage of time, the text updated with each following year, laid over shots of the couple dancing at their evening wedding reception at Royal Lodge, a formal portrait in their wedding best and smiling for a selfie.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023

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