- present participle of layer.
layering
Example Sentences
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Ms. Lee almost never uses figurative language—similes, metaphors, symbolism or anything that gives prose layering and subtext.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026
To demonstrate, Weger starts layering a mannequin in her bedroom, picking from racks of clothes, handbags, color-coordinated shoes and jewelry nearby.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
“We treat developers like public services instead of businesses, layering on expectation after expectation,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The horizontal layering allows some seismic waves to travel long distances, while the vertical intrusions appear to disrupt and weaken others.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
By the end of the fourteenth century, nearly all of music’s vital components had been discovered: notation, both melodic and rhythmic; structural organisation; and polyphony, the layering of voices on top of one another.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
