thick with
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The shuttle was grounded, 14 astronauts had died in two disasters, and the hearing room was thick with the anxiety of a nation that feared it had lost a step.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
A metaphysical reality thick with angels and sacraments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
Piles of belongings and rotting food covered the bed and the air was thick with flies.
From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025
His memo was so thick with lies that it would take a week to debunk them all.
From Salon • Oct. 22, 2025
The Russian out of his mouth was thick with an accent, but it was still intelligible.
From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack