Sentence examples for surface of a pond from inspiring English sources

Think of the ripples on the surface of a pond when you throw in a stone.

Plasmons travel along the surface of metal films just like a wave travels on the surface of a pond.

In "The Shimmering of Heated Air" an effect like the summer surface of a pond is created by melding orange dots with warm yellows and reds.

Canvases are shaped, pierced, draped on armatures, spread on the floor, hung in the air (Yayoi Kusama even paints on the surface of a pond).

While they may allude to phenomena like light diffused by fog or the surface of a pond, they are deliberately generalized, allowing the viewer the broadest possible interpretation.

To understand why water bends all the rules, think about how an insect – a water strider, say – can zip along the surface of a pond.

"That was hard," Orton gasped afterwards, as applause rippled like the surface of a small pond in a slight breeze.

At first glance, he had also read Ben – whose face remained flat like the surface of a deep pond.

They're handy enough, and they appear with a dazzling rippling effect that turns your screen into the surface of a Zen pond.

That's what you find in Dickman's "Flies," a hushed book that is nevertheless full of lines like fish breaking the surface of a still pond.

"Salesman in Swimming Hole," a Saturday Evening Post cover from 1945, shows the head of a cheerful, balding man bobbing above the surface of a country pond.