Sentence examples for marble against from inspiring English sources

The membrane incorporates the lycopodium microparticles and as a result stabilizes the liquid marble against collapse, that could otherwise occur through particle disintegration at the floating interphase.

A Chinese marble game consists of kicking a marble against an opponent's to make the latter rebound in a specified direction.

As he passed the round bollard at the stairhead the slap of hard marble against his palm seemed to exhort him to brave the stony black water.

The object of marble games is to roll, throw, drop, or knuckle marbles against an opponent's marbles, often to knock them out of a prescribed area and so win them.

The earth, he said, resembled "a beautiful blue marble suspended against a black velvet blanket".

The main entranceway, which is known as the Delhi gate, is attractively decorated with white marble inlay against the warm red sandstone.

Such was the case about 20 years ago, when curators found an old slab of marble leaning against a back storage wall.

The esthetic procedure of isolating sonic objects is analogous to the sculptor's or decorator's isolating a marble work against a black velvet draping: This procedure directs attention to it, alone and not as one element among many in a complex framework.

Moles gave reinforcement to the aesthetic theory of distance: The esthetic procedure of isolating sonic objects is analogous to the sculptor's or decorator's isolating a marble work against a black velvet draping: This procedure directs attention to it, alone and not as one element among many in a complex framework.

In a 1996 interview with The Times, Conrad recalled looking homeward from the lunar surface: "The Earth resembled a beautiful blue marble suspended against a black velvet blanket". Conrad was later awarded a Space Medal of Honor.

Sealers do not protect marble surfaces against etching.