Example Sentences

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"Ilmenite materials migrated to the near side and sunk into the interior in sheetlike cascades, leaving behind a vestige that causes anomalies in the moon's gravity field, as seen by GRAIL."

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024

In the case of the book rock, an ancient fracture might have created the sheetlike “page” portion of the formation, Schwenzer says.

From Scientific American • May 17, 2023

As the work progresses, the backdrop grows taller like the way a wave shoots up sheetlike from the ocean to pause for a glistening instant.

From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2023

The team flanked the sheetlike tungsten emitter with two sheets of the glass-coated photonic crystals and turned on the power.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 11, 2016

She dug into the diaper bag and pulled out a burp cloth and a big sheetlike thing that looped around her neck that she used when nursing in public.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake