Sentence examples similar to thick layer of ground from inspiring English sources

Mary's robe is composed of a thick layer of ground-up lapis lazuli, a deep blue stone that at the time was "more expensive than gold," Warren says.

You can make thinner layers of mashed potatoes and a thicker layer of ground beef.

Workers continued to scrape at a thick layer of mud over the ground floor.

The cacio e pepe pizza also takes its cue from a local pasta dish; it is topped with a thick layer of pecorino cheese and coarsely ground black pepper.

On Santorini, there is a 60 m thick layer of white tephra that overlies the soil clearly delineating the ground level prior to the eruption.

"Wow, this is rich stuff here," she added, talking about the thick layer of black compost blanketing the strip of land, which was made from the bakery's leftover coffee grounds, banana and carrot peels, and similar discarded food items.

It is falling on ground covered with a thick layer of portents of doom before draining away to the fields to rot those crops.

Water-dropping helicopters and air tankers were grounded Monday by a thick layer of fog and smoke, fire officials said.

The ground is strewn with a thick layer of decomposing leaves which serve to build rich, healthy soils and maintain the link with microorganisms.

This year's was considered a "glass dzud," where the ground froze solid under a thick layer of snow, prohibiting animals from grazing.

The material in the ash plume eventually finds its way back to the ground, covering the landscape in a thick layer of many cubic kilometers of ash.