Sentence examples for ancient floor from inspiring English sources

Higher up are found sedimentary rocks of marine origin (remnants of the ancient floor of the Tethys Sea that closed after the collision of the two plates).

In sharp contrast is Mike Nelson's more old-fashioned, static narrative, "Melnais Kakis," a tiny hermitlike cell behind a primitive "found" door, with an ancient floor that creaks and groans as you walk on it.

Grid Master Constructed of hundreds of gridded squares or diamond shapes filled with abstract passages of paint, the recent monumental portraits by Chuck Close reflect his keen interest in ancient floor mosaics.

Ornamental, digital designs blanket an ancient floor in light in Miguel Chevalier's latest production.

They'll replace the beautiful, ancient floors.

In these photographs the deserted lanes are bowling lanes, the stilled commerce is Burger King, the quays are home to Plexiglas bus shelters, and the ancient floors are the dirty, tamped-down blue-green carpets that once lay under a bed at a Super 8 Motel.

While they gazed at the black and gold altar room, I slid along the ancient, satiny floor in my socks.

These microscopic impurities, derived from rock and from organic material in creatures that once lived on an ancient ocean floor, have undergone an amazing journey.

Inside, stunning antique rubs shoulders with stylish modern: a chic red basin on an ancient terracotta floor, an old country wardrobe, a sleek chaise longue.

Gauchos tethered their horses to the hitching post and walked past us, ponchos and all, raising a finger to the rim of their cowboy hats, Cuban heels click-clacking on the ancient wood floor as hard as granite.

This vast, beautifully renovated farmhouse (it sleeps 12) comes with all mod cons - from plush bathrooms to plasma and Xbox - but it's the enormous sitting room, with ancient parquet floor; open, central fireplace and massive picture window with views across the valley that'll take your breath away.