Sentence examples for sheen across from inspiring English sources

As the weather warms, it is expected that the oil will melt and spread in a greasy sheen across the surface of both bodies of water.

John Amos, president of SkyTruth, an environmental advocacy group that has closely tracked the size and trajectory of the spill, said satellite imagery from Wednesday showed that the oil appeared to have reconstituted somewhat after last weekend's storm into a very thin sheen spreading across a 12,000-square-mile area in the gulf.

The first blast left 11 workers unaccounted for and a sheen of oil spread across marine-rich waters in the Gulf of Mexico.

Perhaps its most detrimental effect was the uniform sheen of reflected light across the surface that it caused.

And it's a wonder that even when he's working in such bold strokes, the subtle gestures still shine through, like the barely-there sheen of green sequins sprinkled across a patterned top, or hand-painted silver flowers on a sweater.

Spicy won tons ($5) arrive beneath a sheen of piquant peanut sauce that slips easily across the tongue.

But flesh itself sprawls across these pages, adding a sticky sheen to compositions that are otherwise elegantly formal.

Up on the side of Sheen Hill the other morning we gazed west across the verdant valley as the sun came from behind a passing cloud.

Archbishop Sheen was lean, cool and aristocratic, while Archbishop Dolan comes across as a burly, familiar man of the people.

The "sheen of shame over the VA's failures spreads across time and party affiliation.

Across the world's great deserts, a mysterious sheen has been found on boulders and rock faces.