layers

Example Sentences

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Then the added layers of trying to date as a queer person from a conservative suburb.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

Seismic imaging works somewhat like an ultrasound scan for the Earth, allowing researchers to create detailed pictures of underground rock layers using reflected sound waves.

From Science Daily • Jun. 30, 2026

The buildings collapsed into heaps, exposing thick layers of styrofoam that had been used as mortar between slabs of concrete.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 28, 2026

"A lot of these layers are laminated together to create quite a stiff structure. Often stiffer than the leather balls that were very simple and just one piece of leather."

From BBC • Jun. 27, 2026

He walked past the empty dining room into the empty activity area before he saw someone unrecognizable in layers of protective gear.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman