Example Sentences

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Reports that villagers in Hebei were layering up under quilts to avoid costly heating peppered Chinese social media in the first week of the new year.

From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026

When I visited Wood, last August, he and his team were layering the surface of a bridge near Dayton, Oregon, with epoxy, rocks, and primer.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 15, 2019

He was sobbing, talking so fast his words were layering on top of each other.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi