laid

beautiful, flat, heavy, injured, other, whole

She laid her injured arm carefully on the pillow and closed her eyes.

arriving, garden, sticks, taxes

The builder laid sticks across the foundation before pouring the concrete.

baby, egg, flu, herself, himself, man, wine, workers

She laid the egg in the nest and walked away carefully.

across, between, down, in, off, on, out, until

She laid the blanket across the back of the couch before the guests arrived.

aside, professionally, quite

She laid aside her phone and focused entirely on the conversation.