Sentence examples for a palimpsest of layers from inspiring English sources

The manuscripts, meanwhile, are "almost like a palimpsest of layers of text," said Neumann.

"If you look at fashion as a whole, you get a palimpsest — layer upon layer of influences.

The stairs were covered with layers and layers of carpet and linoleum, a palimpsest of previous renovations in the 1940s, '50s and '70s.

Orietta-Carella sees himself as contributing to the palazzo's long history, adding another layer to a palimpsest of influences.

Julius summons a palimpsest of connecting and conflicting histories.

Hammons's design is a palimpsest of losses.

You end up with a palimpsest of flavours.

The tags, scribbled with numbers, were a palimpsest of prices.

In its current state, the temporary Broadway entrance presents a palimpsest of architectural debris.

There's a palimpsest of modern-art history in the titanium, limestone, steel, and glass composition.

All along her body, a palimpsest of older lesions darkened beneath the rawer, more recent burns.