Sentence examples for are almost solid from inspiring English sources

Chiang Mai and the 16 provinces around it are almost solid red-shirt territory; the 20 provinces of Thailand's poor north-east, a region known as Isan, are even redder (see map).

Google's national flu trend maps, which track flu-related searches, are almost solid red (for "intense activity") and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly FluView maps, which track confirmed cases, are nearly solid brown (for "widespread activity").

But instead of lush images, in the case of "Mourning Wall" viewers are met by prints that are almost solid gray; in "Family Portrait," dark prints are interspersed with pure white ones; "Birthday Portrait" consists of vertical swipes that seem like gestures -- the images were made by pulling the film from the camera while it was exposed.

Called Millbank Ridge, the 2.3-acre site is almost solid rock with a stomach-turning drop in grade.

He started in his own delegation, where there was almost solid support for Gov. Ronald Reagan of California.

He started in his own delegation, where there was almost solid support for Gov. Ronald Reagan of California, an undeclared candidate who was plainly running.

Toastmaster's glass, English glass about the size of an ordinary drinking glass but with only about one-quarter of its capacity; the glass creates the illusion of being full by means of a depression in its bowl, which in fact is almost solid.

Palm oil, extracted from the fruit of oil palm trees, is a low-cost vegetable oil with a long shelf life, and is almost solid at room temperature, characteristics that suit its use in processed foods like cereal, bread, candy, potato chips and margarine.

The BIII lesion (arrow) is almost solid after 3 months, indicating aggressive behaviour.

Mr. Greenberg said he can provide boards up to 18 inches wide and 35 inches long, dimensions that are almost impossible with solid wood.

1,4-dihydropyridine antihypertensives (DHPs) are almost all dispensed in solid pharmaceutical formulations for their easy lability when exposed to light.