SURFACE in a Sentence

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For SURFACE, below is one of 285 sentences:
The men dared her to take a bite and, when she did, she discovered that beneath the smoke-blackened surface was unsalted corn bread.

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 Meanings and Examples of SURFACE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
surface
 n.  the outside part or uppermost layer of something
 v.  cause to appear openly
Classic Sentence: (162 in 11 pages)
1  When supper was over she rose from her seat and pressed her hand to the flat surface over the region of her heart.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
2  His impulses were still near the surface, and he sprang up, re-lit the lantern, and sat down at the table.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VIII
3  Here the snow was so pure that the tiny tracks of wood-animals had left on it intricate lace-like patterns, and the bluish cones caught in its surface stood out like ornaments of bronze.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
4  Across its frozen surface, from the farther bank, a single hill rising against the western sun threw the long conical shadow which gave the lake its name.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
5  Panic lay just beneath the surface.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
6  Scarlett reigned supreme at Tara now and, like others suddenly elevated to authority, all the bullying instincts in her nature rose to the surface.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
7  The men dared her to take a bite and, when she did, she discovered that beneath the smoke-blackened surface was unsalted corn bread.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
8  Violent blood was in them all, perilously close to the surface, lurking just beneath the kindly courteous exteriors.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
9  No, she didn't want her children raised in this welter of hate and uncertainty, of bitterness and violence lurking just below the surface, of poverty and grinding hardships and insecurity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
10  Underneath the surface were misery and fear, but all the outward appearances were those of a thriving town that was rapidly rebuilding from its ruins, a bustling, hurrying town.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
11  There must be something more to it than appeared on the surface, something deeper, more important, to make the mild and soft-spoken Will want to marry a complaining nagger like Suellen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
12  A measure of calm had returned and with it all the natural bluntness which brandy brought to the surface.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
13  His voice still held a remnant of its wonted cool drawl but beneath the words she could feel violence fighting its way to the surface, violence as cruel as the crack of a whip.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIV
14  Scarlett held her peace, for it was easier to let well enough alone, and life went on smoothly enough, on the surface.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVIII
15  Now the other side presented itself to Lily, the volcanic nether side of the surface over which conjecture and innuendo glide so lightly till the first fissure turns their whisper to a shriek.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 9
Example Sentence: (123 in 9 pages)
16  The surface of the road shimmered in the midday heat.
17  The investigation barely scratched the surface of the city's drug problem.
18  A crocodile was lurking just below the surface.
19  A light breeze ruffled the surface of the lake.
20  The numerous rivers heart surface, threads a needle the line to suture sadly.
21  The gadget can be attached to any vertical or near vertical surface.
22  A network of ripples quivered momentarily across the surface of the still pool.
23  The two surface adhered to each other, and we couldn't get them apart.
24  Rub the surface with sandpaper before painting.
25  A laser is used to etch a pattern in the smooth surface of the disc.
26  The Professor said that deep sleep allowed suppressed anxieties to surface.
27  The camera has a lens cap to protect the lens surface.
28  Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells.
29  First remove any grease or dirt from the surface.
30  When water boils, bubbles rise to the surface.