superincumbent

Example Sentences

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As the meal progressed, the superincumbent earth weighed less heavily on their souls.

From Froth by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

These cliffs are considerably undermined by the action of the waves, and some of them appear on the eve of precipitating their superincumbent weight into the sea.

From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

Much of the superincumbent earth and stone had fallen, dislodged by the vibrations caused by the picks of the men smashing up the chalk blocks, and the passage was completely choked.

From A Book of Ghosts by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

But grasping is not so easy; or rather it is not so easy to pull a fish up through two feet of superincumbent water which opposes the quick passage of the arm.

From The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Jefferies, Richard

It was buried up in a mass of superincumbent ruins, and was only brought to light in the course of my laborious excavations.

From Rambles by Land and Water or Notes of Travel in Cuba and Mexico by Norman, B. M.