Sentence examples for palm above from inspiring English sources

Then he holds one palm above the other and says: "Five is like this.

The instructions for zazen direct the disciple to sit in a quiet room, breathing rhythmically and easily, with legs fully or half crossed, spine and head erect, hands folded one palm above the other, and eyes open.

The falaj irrigation system has long supported a three-tiered crop approach (i.e., three crops raised at different heights within the same plot), with date palms above; lime, banana, or mango trees in the middle level; and alfalfa (lucerne), wheat, and sorghum at ground level.

They conclude that postapocalyptic forests were likely chock-full of fast-growing deciduous species such as extinct relatives of sycamores, walnuts, and palms (pictured above in an artist's reconstruction), whereas thick-leaved, slow-growing evergreens similar to today's hollies and ivies were much less common than they had been prior to the impact.

The trend may have started when the Hard Rock Hotel opened several years ago (although it and its hipster cousin, the Palms, above, are, in fact, located off the Strip).

And in the morning I was awakened by the mewing and screeching and the ratchet-like scrapings of birds in the palms above me.

Then bring your hand – flat with your fingers closed and your palm down – above your dog's eye level and slightly to the right of his head.

Envision the interaction from the dog's point of view; a palm approaching from above can be alarming.

There was even a half moon nestling in the fronds of a palm tree above us.

Rescue teams are fanning out in boats and helicopters into Beira and surrounding towns to rescue those clinging to rooftops and palm trees above the rising floodwaters.

Tall palm trees above and slender, vertical wooden slats around the house lend the otherwise-demanding Indian sun a misty quality.