Lastly, there are larger ears, thicker lips, and less beard.
Their lips are thickerthan those of the inhabitants of the plain.
In the days of hand spinning it was deemed most easy to specialize in one uniform thickness of ground thread and obtain the thicker counts by twisting these threads two or more ply.
The thicker the yarn the larger the space required and vice versâ, so that the needle determines the space which is to be allowed for any particular set of loops and should bear a definite relation to the thickness of yarn.
He paused long enough to telephone his instructions to an uptown detective agency which could be depended on for such mere routine work, then joined me with the significant remark: "Blood is thicker than water, anyhow, Walter.
And it follows that the outer end of a tooth is both higher or deeper and also thicker than its inner end; thus J is thicker and deeper than end K of the tooth.
The thicker the ink can be used the better, because the tendency of the carbon to separate is less; and it is for this reason that the test mentioned with a tumbler of water is so accurate.
In general, use furniture of slender proportions against light smooth walls, and thicker or more massive furniture against darker and rougher walls.
The coarse or "gros (big) point" is made by similar stitches twice the length, and with thicker yarns.
Henceforth, ye gentle trees, for ever fade; Or your sad branchesthicker join And into darksome shades combine, Dark as the grave wherein my Friend is laid!
Thicker crowd the shades as the grave East deepens Glowing, and with crimson a long cloud swells.
The words which Shakspeare puts into the mouth of the remorseful, but impenitent, Danish king are strictly true: "What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood?
Blood is thicker than water when the instincts are consulted.
The kind of things neighbors and kinsmen do for one another in our state and all other states where neighbors are neighborly and where blood is thicker than water, and blue blood thicker than any other kind," exclaimed Big Josh.
It's all well enough for you and Father to be so high and mighty about honoring the aged, and blood being thicker than water and so on.
Blood is thicker than water, I say, and blue blood is thicker than red blood.
The thicker edge (plate LII) displays considerable battering, especially a recent pitting near the middle evidently due to use as an anvil held between the knees for sharpening a harpoon point by rude hammering.
Taylor scamp stayed in that back room for another half hour and left it whisperin' in each other's ears and actin' thicker than thieves.
It's only spring, yet they are thicker round here already than lumps of saleratus in those biscuit we've been talkin' about.
The thicker the darkness, the brighter His light; the drearier our lives, the richer His presence; the more solitary we are, the larger the gifts of His companionship.
We should be more and more tranquil and at rest; and every day there should come, as it were, a deeper and more substantial layer of tranquillity enveloping our hearts, a thicker armour against perturbation and calamity and tumult.
The vegetation grew thicker as he proceeded; there was no path or road; all was a wild tangle.
But as the two adventurers proceeded the forest became thickerand thicker, until they walked in a dim twilight.
But more were ahead, and they grew thicker and thicker as the Wild Goose leaped, turned, and twisted, first in one mad current and then another.
The moss is thicker than this up in the north and covers everything.
In the dim perspective of years the light gradually fades away, the mist grows thicker and thicker before us, and we at last find ourselves face to face with the unknown past.
The walls are thicker than those of the first habitation, and more strongly built.
They are better made of flannel, thin in summer and thicker in winter.
But the fact is that even if the want of thicker clothing is not particularly felt during the cold weather, it is always wiser to wear an extra allowance, for the heat of summer can be endured better if this principle is carried out.
If made thicker it is called a puree, and is served with braised and dressed meats.
In fact, it can hardly be too large at first, especially in the case of the thicker one for the cooler months, which shrinks much more proportionately than does the thinner one for the hot season.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thicker" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
