layered

Example Sentences

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This layered structure closely resembles the way human social circles are organized.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

His warnings came as thousands of Indigenous women in traditional layered skirts marched through La Paz on Mother's Day in Bolivia, in support of striking transport workers.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

But four and a half years of war have taught Ukraine to develop and ramp up a sophisticated and layered air defence system.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

Gnawing, almost unbearable heartbreak acts as the catalyst for a layered analysis of the ways humans — or, in the case of “The Sheep Detectives,” humans and their woolly friends — ache to forget.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

The painting over their fireplace, by Daniel Aronstein, was a modem depiction of an American flag: strips of frayed muslin layered with oil paints in greens and mauve.

From "Confessions of a Murder Suspect" by James Patterson