Word Finder - placed

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To put (an object or person) in a specific location.

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He placed the glass on the table.

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To earn a given spot in a competition.

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The Cowboys placed third in the league.

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To remember where and when (an object or person) has been previously encountered.

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I've seen him before, but I can't quite place where.

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(in the passive) To achieve (a certain position, often followed by an ordinal) as in a horse race.

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Run Ragged was placed fourth in the race.

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To sing (a note) with the correct pitch.

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To arrange for or to make (a bet).

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I placed ten dollars on the Lakers beating the Bulls.

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To recruit or match an appropriate person for a job.

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They phoned hoping to place her in the management team.

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To place-kick (a goal).

She placed the dish in the rack and glanced at Katie.

She quietly lifted it and placed it on her lap.

She placed the letter inside and lifted the flag.

He placed a cool canteen on her lap.

Giddon was carrying a wooden box, which he carefully placed in the trunk.

She placed no blame on Martha for remaining here.

After the execution Pierre was separated from the rest of the prisoners and placed alone in a small, ruined, and befouled church.

Carmen accepted the outstretched hand and placed a foot in the vacated stirrup.

He placed his hands on Damian's face.

The snow lying deep on the earth dotted with young pines, and the very slope of the hill on which my house is placed, seemed to say, Forward!

The prisoners were placed in a certain order, according to the list (Pierre was sixth), and were led to the post.

Removing his hands from the wall, he placed them on her shoulders, pulling her closer.

He placed the sword in a rack with others and exited into the night.

Gabriel placed a large hand on her back.

He placed the box in his cargo pocket and joined the two teams in the chilly predawn morning.

Soon after taking office he completed the negotiations begun by the Rudini administration for a new commercial treaty with France (October 1898), whereby Franco-Italian commercial relations were placed upon a normal footing after a breach which had lasted for more than ten years.

Morel, the orderly, brought some hot water in a saucepan and placed a bottle of claret in it.

The woman's husband, a short, round- shouldered man in the undress uniform of a civilian official, with sausage-shaped whiskers and showing under his square-set cap the hair smoothly brushed forward over his temples, with expressionless face was moving the trunks, which were placed one on another, and was dragging some garments from under them.

She was sitting in an armchair placed sideways, screening the light of the candle from him, and was knitting a stocking.

He placed a knife at her neck.

He placed his hand on the assassin's head.

His gaze shifted to Destiny and he placed the cup on the granite bar.

She placed the roast in a pan and reached for a knife to trim the fat off of it.

She placed her hands on the window and leaned her forehead against the cool glass.

He opened the bottom drawer, placed it in the back beneath his never used shorts and closed it with a slam.

The young college-aged waitress inserted the tack, placed a quarter beneath it for weight and sounded a horn to call attention.

She stopped to catch her breath and placed her hand on his arm.

When at last they arrived at the trail's end, Westlake parked, placed a rock behind his wheel, and held out his polka-dot umbrella.

He placed the bone atop Cynthia's jewelry box on their bureau and climbed into bed.

On impulse she opened the small crystal box where they'd placed the bone.

It was senseless to look elsewhere, as both had been present when Cynthia placed the small fragment in the cut glass enclosure.

He wiggled out of his shirt and placed it over the boy's lifeless face and sat down to wait.

Printed brochures, gratis from Myrtle Somebody whose brother-in-law was a printer, were placed about town by tiny Tonya, an eight-year-old Latina waif hired by Fred for five bucks.

Cora placed an omelet before her with a fork.

Stunned, Deidre placed a hand to her neck and lifted it away.

Gabriel knew they were loyal before he placed hands on their heads based on their body language.

He lifted Destiny from the rug in her room where she had fallen asleep and gently placed her in her bed.

Stepping into the room, he took the book from a limp hand and placed it quietly on the night stand.

Carmen sighed as she placed a plate on the table.

Reaching down, he placed one arm behind her knees and the other around her back, gently lifting her into his arms.

They visited for a little while and then Alex placed a hand over the wound.

He carried her back to their room and gently placed her on the bed.

He gathered the last of the eggs and placed them in the basket she held.

He reached out to her and placed a hand on her forehead.

She placed her bag on the ground and approached him.

Katie didn't move as Wynn placed a hand on her stomach.

He watched the emerald form then placed it in his pocket before returning his attention to the demons.

He placed the soul on the ground beside him and drew his remaining knife.

Deidre returned to the kitchen and placed her wineglass in the sink.

Darkyn strode to them and placed his hand on one.