Coal probably exists over vast sheets of England and France, buried so deeply under later rocks, that it cannot be reached by mining.
I got back again into it and remained between the sheetsquietly enjoying that sleep which is derived from the possession of a good conscience, and a still better digestion, until the clock struck nine.
Some of them are printed upon sheets intended for books, others upon sheets which are so thick that I imagine they were designed to wrap up sugar and other groceries.
The melting snow and heavy rains at the end of winter drown the plains under vast sheets of water, which, however, quickly evaporate in the first rays of the sun.
First, the bright sparkling sheets of far-spreading and fertilising water; then the emerald green of the growing crops; lastly, the ripe warm yellow hues of the full harvest.
Does not this humidity appear to indicate the presence of vast subterraneansheets of water, which sweat, so to speak (transsuderaient), through the porosities of the earth?
The whole is then covered with large sheets of voilock, made of wool and camel's hair, fitting close, making it water-tight and warm.
They're all hopeless--[He fumbles among the sheets on the desk.
She springs to the desk and begins to tear the discardedsheets into minute fragments.
We can't buy anything so soft and good as worn out sheets and table-cloths.
In those days girls spun and wove webs of fine linen and laid 'em up in chests, with lavender and rosemary, for sheets and table-linen after they married.
These targets were huge sheets of canvas twenty feet high and twenty-five feet broad, which were to be towed to a distance of a mile and a half from the battle-practice ground and anchored.
He pushed toward the boys two large sheets of paper.
I saw him standing up in the stern-sheets as I cast off with my boathook.
As he sat in the stern sheets of the power craft, he could not see readily what was going on in the boats, and perhaps made it a point not to be too observant.
Several sheets had been struck off; and Jemmy was often chaffed about hanging three men instead of two; but our informant assures us that the error was corrected before any of the impressions were dispatched from the office.
We do not suppose that the contents of these Christmas broad-sheets are supplied by the same persons who write the murder-ballads, or the attacks on crinoline.
Rockcliff had engaged with a man called Oliver Cromwell to get him one of the first sheets printed off Catnach's press of the "Horses Heads" and he would give him half-a-crown.
This we are told by those in the trade was almost necessary, in order that the sheets might be ready for the provinces almost as soon as the sentence of the law had been carried out.
Nothing could have tempted the girl to read these letters: she kissed the poor yellow sheets twice, sadly and reverentially, and then she held them one by one in the flame of her candle.
Instead of replying, Erika begins to arrange the sheets of music on the piano.
Not all of Gerard's carefully cultivated self-control could avail to hide his annoyance; he uttered under his breath an angry exclamation, and going over to the piano, stood moodily turning over sheets of music.
She went over to the piano and began absently turning over sheets of music.
Doubtless already there were glaciers there of sorts, but the lowering temperatures which accompanied the ice-sheets developed local glaciers so great of size that only a few mountain-tops were left exposed.
Besides, the ice sheets which planed off the northern part of the United States lopped away their highest parts.
Sheets of celluloid prepared for sketching are invaluable in sketching in the rain.
The wind blew as hard as ever, and the dust swept in furious charges against everybody in the street by turns; but there were folds of silk and velvet, as well as sheets of plate glass now, between Matilda and it.
I'll get you some nice sheets of paper for your maps, and a box of colours; so that you can make a pretty affair of them.
The last day of his life was given to the revision of the proof-sheets of his Testimony of the Rocks, and in the evening he turned over the pages of Cowper, whose works had ever been among his standard favourites.
The proof-sheets sent to Mr. Ireland in Manchester, were returned to the writer, who reforwarded them to Ireland, who in his turn despatched them to London.
His bed was made in Kercock ha', Of gude clean sheets and of the hay; He wadna rest ae night therein, But on the proud waters he wad gae.
His bed was made in Balathy toun, Of the clean sheets and of the strae; But I wot it was far better made, Into the bottom o' bonny Tay.
The folio and quarto sheets in Mr. Murray's possession ('MS.
Courage and resource were penned in by desperation and numbers, while the great yellow sheets of flame threw their lurid glare over the scene of death.
Against the walls, upon the table, on the floor, and in every part of the chamber were great sheets of glass painted in the most brilliant colors.
Already the sun's disk, glowing with crimson, was disappearing beneath the horizon; and the waters glistened and sparkled like sheets of liquid silver under his last rays.
Next I sat down on the bed, and began tearing the sheets into long strips.
A very convenient one can be made by laying upon a bread board three or four sheets of blotting paper, and tacking over these several thicknesses of cheese cloth.
If this cannot be obtained, two sheets of 10-ply card-board may be used instead.
The same reason doubtless explained the sudden presence of sheets of light in the air that reflected the moonlight like particles of glittering ice, and then suddenly disappeared again.
Yet he felt no drowsiness, no desire to yawn and get under sheets and blankets; sleep was evidently out of the question, and the hours slipped away so rapidly that it made little difference whether he sat up all night or whether he slept.
It is the largest lake in Mexico, second indeed only to Titicaca among the lofty sheets of water of the Western world.
Though the mine was populated with peons and there was not then another American below ground, they watched him tear down the sheets without other movement than to cringe about him, each begging not to be believed guilty.
The swollen clouds hung close above the hills, and the distance was obscured by the gray sheets of water which fell like a curtain from heaven to earth.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sheets" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: companion; parts; ship
