A few miles west of the Rapids of the Canadian, a thin stratum of compact limestone, of the common blue variety, and abounding in organized remains, overlays the argillaceous sandstone of the coal formation.
Map overlays would depict the location of resident species and the migratory patterns, species composition, relative abundance, and winter concentration areas of migrants.
Overlays frequently shift if not well attended to, and cause pressure where it was never intended.
As the block is originally of the same height as the type, it is evident that the overlays must very much increase the pressure of the platten on such parts as they are immediately above.
Natural instinct is not much disturbed in the human brain by what may happen in that thin superstratum of ideas which commonly overlays it.
So when the trapper has built his pen of logs so that the front log or deadfall will crush down on the back of an intruder tugging at the bait inside, he overlays all with leaves and brush to quiet the pekan's suspicions.
He will rifle a deadfall from the slanting back roof where there is no danger; so the trapper overlays the back with heavy brush.
And as when some skilful man overlays gold upon silver--one that Hephaestus and Pallas Athene have taught all manner of craft, and full of grace is his handiwork--even so did Athene shed grace about his head and shoulders.
The larva also knows very well how to protect itself against the roughness of the walls, and overlays them with a silky secretion produced by its glands.
The larva overlays the interior of its tube with a covering of soft silk which renders the cylinder watertight and consolidates the earlier labours.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "overlays" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
