lap up something

Examples of lap

lap
Infants sat on their parent's lap facing the television screen.
The change of variables from u(x) to u (u) on monotone laps is a natural one.
Infants were seated on their parents' lap in a quiet, darkened room.
They lapped it up, and smacked their lips.
Therefore, the article suggests 'people should treat them with pinches of salt instead of lapping them up with relish'.
She sat quietly, hands folded in her lap.
Infants were then seated on their parent's lap in a preferential looking booth approximately 1 m in front of two 17a eye-level monitors.
Each player sits on a meditation pillow with the laptop either on the lap or to the side, depending on the nature of the piece.
She touched the doll briefly then put the bowl down in her lap, rocking it gently with both hands and smiling occasionally.
The source of inspiration is not hard to decipher: frequently recurring tutti pizzicato strumming figures conjure up images of water lapping the sides of gondolas.
During each assessment, infants were seated in the parent's lap.
In contrast, "lamp" for lap does not accurately reflect the phonological skeleton of the target word and so was scored as incorrect by this system.
After several seconds, however, he opened his eyes, slid off her lap and, crossing the room, renewed his play.
Rather, their arms were placed in their laps near their crossed feet.
Throughout she held the doll limply in her lap, without attention, concentrating totally on the rhyme.
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