A recently acquired short sword lay across the thief's lap.

He loads the shotgun and lays it across his lap.

He laid the guitar across his lap and leaning over it, kissed her.

One shot showed a 1-year-old boy with a Kalashnikov rifle laid across his lap.

She laid it gently across her lap and went back to the box.

I twisted a bit, intending to lay him across my lap.

A stand is usually some type of flat, thin surface with short legs, and you can lay it across your lap or on a desk.

She laid the shotgun across her lap and looked up at the sky.

There he sat down and laid her head across his lap.

She had lowered herself to knees and toes, hands laid across her lap.