Unlike de Stael's paintings, which tend to feature extremely thick painterly surfaces, these compositions are thin, light and dry.

Its thick metallic surface was drilled with holes, into which long rods had been inserted.

Chips of rock flew like hailstones against the clear, thick surface of the sheath.

The "boat" was filled with mossy green rocks and a thick surface of gravel.

The thick crusted surface of the logs began to warm and then blister.

They have a thick naturalistic surface and a fast narrative current.

They were blurred by the thick, grayish surface.

In a half channel, sound waves behave as if in a very thick surface duct.

The other effect was to create objects that seem nearly as much sculptures as paintings, with their thick surfaces and tactile shapes.

Building structurally tougher roads with thicker surfaces, the authors estimate, would add only modestly to initial costs.