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    surface


    surfaced


    surfaces


    surfacing


    1. "I've been in a dozen initial infatuations since I came to the surface, this is different


    2. • Because moles seldom venture to the surface, they are seldom seen


    3. The pain in her leg began to surface as sharp needles escaping from her leg


    4. Using this glove I can deaden certain electrical pathways, and trace superficial surface currents for it to follow


    5. , see if any grubs have come to the surface


    6. A wave smacked him in the face, but he felt invigorated and shot up to the surface


    7. "Herndon; I've had a geosynchronous out there since 2267, its still operational," Ava in heaven said, "I have all the probes that can pick up its signature in close orbit, no point on the surface will be out of sight for much more than an hour at a time


    8. candles placed on every flat surface gave the room an almost faery glow


    9. First he changed the wheels on the rockasaur because wider wheels put more surface on the soil than the huge but narrow wheels of the rough ground rig


    10. He swallows water, chokes, tries to reach the surface, but he finally gives up, begins to sink rapidly

    11. Swimming strong and sure, the man pulls John to the surface


    12. surface of the tea, and with a tiny, eighty year old flourish she sat down opposite her


    13. I dump the statement on the work surface and debate whether I shall have a nightcap or not


    14. She even noticed there was an android on the surface, an Android of Ava


    15. She wondered if she was going to talk about the one on the surface, that could be fun


    16. The artistry of the machine was good enough that she probably could use it to go to the surface and get laid if the shuttle was still here and the android had working sex organs


    17. We stand watching a small group of ducks as they dabble in the water amongst the water lilies dotting the surface


    18. "We've had probes go over the whole surface now," Ava told her sister on the ground, "and they don't see anything


    19. "I have all the probes out that can pick up its trace, no point on the surface will be out of sight for much more than an hour at a time


    20. Mountains rose and rivers cut deep scars into the surface of the

    21. He had never stood with any personification on the surface of the planet


    22. It bristled with antennas and projectors, it surface was snaked with cables and tubing


    23. Half the planet's surface lies above fifteen thousand feet oxygen barometric


    24. On the other hand, large areas of the planet's surface are more than five miles below sea level where the air acts a whole lot different than it does where it's as thin as on Earth


    25. Even when set on their sassiest however, they cannot show the independent will that Shibet could, that made love with her so much more interesting than love with this collection of surface renderings and response data bases


    26. Except for one, its entire surface is a large window, and on the opposite side is a room that matches Apollo's, exactly


    27. If ever one of us awoke with that brooding depression that was never far from the surface smile, the other always seemed to rally round and, with care and light-hearted humour, would lift the mood


    28. Communication takes energy and only the transmitter on the Lula or the remnant of Gordon's Lamp could reach Earth, the natives could reach only the ships and that was using line-of-sight optical from the surface


    29. It was so unreal to see the tiny speck of a pretty woman moving over the surface of the Lula without a suit


    30. He lies on the grayish bed, and stares at the plate of food that inexplicably materialized on the table's glass surface a while ago

    31. "Sir, we do need to remember that the mortal on the surface is still out of control


    32. Whether we leave the mortal on the surface is a separate issue that can be discussed after the separation


    33. If you dream of using it on any surface, your relationships with relatives will improve


    34. The car sat up and seemed to skim across the surface water like a steroidal jet ski, and still he pushed and pulled at the wheel, desperate for more speed


    35. How on earth do you know which ones to press and when? Then the array of dials set into the surface above the steering wheel caught her eye … what did they all mean? She’d been in taxis many times but never in a personal vehicle like this


    36. The sun was hanging low in the sky above the gently rolling surface of the sea, casting deep shadows on the grass


    37. Mountains rose and rivers cut deep scars into the surface of the planet


    38. On the surface, this whole idea of attracting what you want


    39. as they surface and chatter away


    40. The only way they were able to regain contact with me was by telling me I could start training for an expedition to the surface

    41. the tension of surface waters, foam flecked, where only


    42. At first they couldn't think of a surface to mat it on, but finally Alan remembered the potshard


    43. The tall straight trees cast deep shadows over the barren, brown surface of the ground


    44. Normally, the extent of the surface to be planed will determine whether the procedure


    45. and she breaks the surface,


    46. Orange lights flickered across the surface in the late afternoon sun


    47. There is more to the body on the surface than a soul on that base


    48. The way down the hill is steep and in places the surface of the track is slippery with mud so we take it carefully, not wanting to damage our ggs


    49. The track is obviously very old, almost a hollow way as I have seen in some parts of Cornwall, in that the banks either side are a lot higher than the surface of the path, which has been worn down by generations of pilgrims


    50. "I heard from a mortal on Earth's surface














































    1. Your friend not surfaced yet?’


    2. I found that by filling my lungs each time I surfaced I was able to claw myself back down, probing the stones and strange shaped sea-shells until I was about to burst


    3. As his wife surfaced from beneath the rolling waves of slumber she groaned and mumbled, feeling for a tumbler full of bathroom tap water that should have been on her bedside table


    4. By the time that their mother surfaced to greet the day, there was a nice stew bubbling away on a slow heat in the kitchen


    5. Then Alessandra surfaced in the bay with a loud splash and we were glad to see each other, but there was still no sign of our Alexis


    6. As his wife surfaced from beneath the rolling waves of slumber


    7. By the time that their mother surfaced to greet the day, there was


    8. He surfaced from his daydreaming and looked up at her towering above him where she stood next to the bath


    9. These memories surfaced in his mind, and he found himself cycling through the very same emotions once more as he stared out at Riften’s square


    10. Memories surfaced of their nightly walks around the Imperial City, through the Arboretum - memories of eating sweet treats along the coast, watching the marvelous sun sink beneath the glittering water

    11. But the kind of res-pite from that boredom that had surfaced overnight was not at all a pleasant one


    12. But I will tell you now, so that you may be as informed as possible, that Roscius Avienus has surfaced once more - we have reason to believe that he too is in DRAFTChapter 11 215


    13. Since the book was published, similar cases that surfaced later were also described using such a term


    14. My intention to write about life’s truths actually surfaced several years ago


    15. Now a sense of shame had surfaced


    16. Under immense pressure from the crust, and/or mantle, bearing down on this water layer, this water may have surfaced through fissures, capillaries or pathways in the crust


    17. Nim finally surfaced on March the fifth, 2004


    18. The more confused I became as to why Boyd would appear like an apparition, the more the anger surfaced and I really had to control the urge to phone his parents’ house


    19. Then it came to her: Caroline’s horses weren’t subjected to such things, nor did they have to pass through dog-filled airline terminals! Why, if there was some way to stuff condoms into a horse – By God, it might just work! Unanswerable questions immediately surfaced


    20. A memory surfaced, made itself known

    21. As the memory of the pothole surfaced after so many centuries, a whole world of memory downloaded instantly, and her brain surface seemed to expand exponentially


    22. It surfaced at the back of his mind


    23. The rage and the humiliation made her blood boil, and one biting, cold answer after the other surfaced, but it was much too late to retort


    24. A smart retort surfaced amidst it all, but she stopped herself


    25. One of the telltale signs that we were where god wanted us surfaced


    26. I had no idea I’d enjoyed so much red wine until late the next afternoon when I surfaced to make coffee


    27. Sachie’s face surfaced in his mind


    28. for survival and the bow of his boat surfaced out of the grey sea


    29. head, trying to clear the images, but more images surfaced: the girl’s two daughters and


    30. A terrible fear crept into him as images of his children with nosebleeds surfaced in

    31. For a millisecond he thought that maybe it was the start of a great journey but as he surfaced, he turned to see huge flames of molten red shooting out of the great volcano that dominated the landscape of this small island


    32. But what has surfaced since 2011 is something called the private giveaway


    33. The true motives of the Obama administration in health reform and other grandiose plans have surfaced by forcing a degree of “transparency” the planners had promised but had never planned on delivering, and the planners have become hysterical


    34. onism had surfaced, but there was no malice or bad intent in his voice


    35. He would not discuss what happened in his days there as Tom's Valet and Assistant, but whatever happened left Norm with scars that surfaced at the most inopportune moments, and Tom refusing to even discuss the subject with her or in her hearing


    36. And that’s just what has surfaced publicly


    37. ” Ryan racked his brain but only a faint memory surfaced


    38. He surfaced with a foul


    39. In spite of their situation, when Penn surfaced he had


    40. to chuckle when Starret surfaced to face a floating dead

    41. Unbidden, a memory surfaced of that teenage summer when he had a brief affair with a girl in France


    42. This sentiment recently surfaced when the aforementioned batman-killer in Colorado was given such a sentence…


    43. Tress quickly pulled herself back together, her real emotions rarely surfaced


    44. Father Haralambos watched as the realization surfaced on Eva’s face


    45. A memory surfaced as Father Haralambos smiled at the image of a very young Zoe putting her hand up eagerly to answer the question he had put to the class


    46. “Earlier today it was reported that cell phone footage of rising star Dandy surfaced online, driving erratically through the streets, seeming to have no regard for anyone else’s wellbeing


    47. of the previous days, and anger surfaced, too


    48. Years of being under the claw of Zeus surfaced


    49. powerful search feature customers who may never have surfaced in


    50. He surfaced and grabbed a lungful of air and water, but the rock was too smooth and slippery to grasp













































    1. That’s one reason fall prevention programs aimed at seniors point out the need for appropriate lighting throughout the home to clearly define changes in floor surfaces or levels and to eliminate both shadows and glare


    2. John vomits sea water as he surfaces


    3. They both went into the kitchen and survey the work surfaces


    4. on the hard, polished surfaces


    5. He had the worst hangover in the whole wide world and he felt physically sick as he remembered the state of chaos that he and his wife had left behind them the previous evening, but when he opened the kitchen door he was blinded by the dazzle from the work tops and the gleaming surfaces of the kitchen appliances


    6. Product “Edit” view that surfaces textboxes, dropdowns and checkboxes based on the current state of a


    7. So when you're into your quit, and the Soul Slayer surfaces with the thought, "I want a smoke," what will you do? There are a few ways to respond


    8. to fall on flat surfaces that had already accumulated too many years


    9. It still surfaces on occasions


    10. with curious markings upon both surfaces

    11. ” He kept stroking the trunk's various surfaces and staring in admiration, too choked up to say any more


    12. Ted can feel the hard walls of his arteries flexing in his chest, their brittle inner surfaces flaking and cracking under the pressure, under the wild torrent of liquid being forced through them by the flood of adrenalin in his system


    13. over the uncertain road surfaces


    14. The air cleared as if the sand storm had never existed, but the layer of red dirt on all surfaces insisted that it had


    15. Streams of energy spilled from their fingertips, only to dissipate the instant it met the beings' empty forms, failing to even scratch their dark surfaces


    16. Heat waves shimmered as the air bounced off the surfaces of the buildings in the distance


    17. My great-grandfather owned the wooden mallet for pounding or hammering wooden surfaces together


    18. It wasn’t fifty steps later before a handful of demons crawled out from behind rock surfaces, snarling


    19. blowhole when it surfaces to breathe


    20. Decks, in the general sense, are flat surfaces commonly referring to the “floor” areas of ships

    21. architecture, decks are elevated flat surfaces, which often connect sections of a home or


    22. In architecture, decks are basically flat surfaces, which serve the similar function of floors, but


    23. He asked me to keep from touching surfaces in my room


    24. We make pillars to support the mine roof and smoothing off rough wall surfaces


    25. Strange black markings covered the larger of the flat surfaces, their shapes vaguely reminiscent of the carvings in the Taproot Chamber


    26. The moonlight reflected from their burnished surfaces as he flexed them


    27. He stopped for a moment to peer closely at the concave surfaces


    28. I explained about shot-peening all the surfaces of the rods, the balancing of the crankshaft, roller tappets, bigger inlet and exhaust valves


    29. The small, narrow path had degenerated into a granite crevice with pockmarks and surfaces of chipped rock that one had to climb using his hands as well as his feet


    30. She has new wingtips and vertical surfaces

    31. “Yes, this idiot had torn off some major control surfaces, lots of shredding on his ship


    32. The roads were of even worse quality than those they had been traveling, and their little gray horse struggled at times to pull their cart over their uneven surfaces


    33. Twenty minutes later, a diver surfaces and hands a dripping metal box to the elderly gentleman


    34. Light was at a premium, its sources the by-products of the industrious machines: sparks like lightning, hot rivers of metal, red and yellow fires and blue-hot flames; green and violet beams of light against stark gray metals, the mirror sheens of gleaming new surfaces reflecting everything, multiplying their intensity in a maze of light


    35. Velvet could be found in many surfaces, as well as glistening marble, bronze, gold and copper in fine casings and perfect symmetry of space


    36. Then symbols representing the sounds of language were etched indelibly upon stone, and then on other more portable surfaces


    37. Then something from one of my conversations with her surfaces


    38. White light reflected off the hard bleached surfaces that should have been earth


    39. It explodes with pieces of egg all over the microwave surfaces


    40. As far as I can tell, they have only fought wars on planetary surfaces before

    41. “Captain, as far as I know they have only fought wars on planetary surfaces before this, so the battlefield strongly favors us,” I said


    42. She wandered around the flat dusting surfaces and sweeping rooms, like a zombie who had decided to spend eternity cleaning instead of eating flesh


    43. Their polished stone surfaces shone brightly in the sunlight


    44. * Squeegee off all wet surfaces inn the shower


    45. A second later, a weird human–animal sound surfaces from the same vicinity of the rustle


    46. I open my mouth to cry out that two-syllable word, but nothing surfaces


    47. On their surfaces


    48. On the surfaces


    49. Brush the surfaces of the dough with olive oil and add the toppings of your


    50. “Thus we will be able to heat and reshape the surfaces of the rest of the pieces of the lining of the crater in a single, simultaneous operation












































    1. surfacing slowly, waiting out the storm,


    2. “Something is happening to me,” she was twisting her hands, (very unlike herself Duncan noted), “things are surfacing


    3. Still surfacing from the depths of sleep, she turned around and smiled


    4. The rock surfacing should be replaced


    5. also the sound of surfacing memories


    6. The torment of the others surfacing from the TIAR program? Maybe it was L-Seven-Six alone with the awareness of what was happening


    7. He watched her as she rose from the depths, her hand high above her head, surfacing, her hand clutched around something


    8. glancing up at the window, the question once more surfacing in


    9. “Nothing,” she relied, a smile surfacing on her face


    10. surfacing from the several days of not shaving

    11. Deep holes were appearing on the crust of Earth and roots of the trees were surfacing in the Realms and they spread to smother every other plant


    12. when I try to keep the flashbacks and memories from surfacing they


    13. Often they gave quite a show, surfacing, blowing, diving, and breeching and on rare occasions bubble netting


    14. Plans finalised, they bent with nervous relief to their final tasks, not surfacing for an hour


    15. Having no idea how to respond, Con remained silent and watched Rex tickle his wife‘s swollen clitoris, making her laugh, then they both slithered into the water, surfacing on the other side of the pool to gaze in surprise at their audience


    16. She had to bite her lower lip to keep a smile from surfacing


    17. surfacing in the States recently


    18. There will be ideas surfacing in the scientific world that will lead others to the conclusion that there was not a random series of events that lead to the creation of the world or any other galaxy


    19. The surfacing of old wounds,


    20. Maybe he was quietly regretful inside, by not surfacing the issue when it first occurred as a child

    21. I pictured us surfacing at the marina in Silverlake Harbor as confused and perplexed Ocracokians stared at us as if aliens had just landed


    22. We assure you that there is no physical damage; this is layers upon layers of concentrated negativity surfacing for cleansing


    23. What you are experiencing is unbalanced emotions surfacing for processing, though all your imbalances are from conditioned thinking


    24. To his surprise, surfacing was images, sounds, and more importantly “feelings” he had not felt since there inception


    25. One question that kept surfacing in his mind was how Spalding was able to obtain a seat on the Convention Center Committee


    26. Her vulnerability reminded him of Emily, and, despite himself, he felt his protective instincts surfacing


    27. When it finished surfacing the top of the conning tower was about even with the dock


    28. Even though the river’s flow was now only a trickle, surfacing every so often before disappearing under the sandy riverbed, the banks were lined with tall cottonwoods, densely packed clusters of Russian olive trees and salt cedars


    29. But he is getting increasingly frustrated, what with one thing and another, so I want you all to look for any signs of this surfacing


    30. Thank You for the old memories that are finally surfacing,

    31. As the days go by, the past kept surfacing to me


    32. Cars, houses, road surfacing, lighting probably didn’t seem strange to you, also for that reason


    33. Another concern, somewhat contrary to the first, is that there is increasing unrest and discord surfacing among the creatures once removed from their home planet


    34. But instead of surfacing next to her, he gently tugged on one of her ankles and pulled her down into the depths of the water


    35. The emotions were all surfacing as unhelpful-harmful ones not only to the individuals but also to the organisation that they represented


    36. But if these blind urges are deflected, reflected, subverted, sabotaged, distorted, they end up just changing shape and surfacing as something else: as endless recurrent urges, needs, symptoms, addictions, fears, obsessions


    37. Time was running out and the usual, familiar desperation of parting started surfacing


    38. surfacing from her subconscious, that storage of unfulfilled yearnings


    39. Maria shook her head, her frustration surfacing


    40. But her thoughts from idea to mouth moved too slowly today, as if they had to swim miles through black river sludge before surfacing to be heard, and most of them drowned somewhere along the way

    41. "For two, three years we lived in dread of their surfacing in some catastrophic way


    42. He was immersed in L’Ile des pingouins, the novel that everyone was reading in those days, and he answered without surfacing: “Oui


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    Synonyms for "surface"

    aerofoil airfoil control surface surface open earth's surface come on come out show up turn up coat come up rise rise up appear crop up outside covering face plane superficies

    "surface" definitions

    the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary


    the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object


    the outermost level of the land or sea


    a superficial aspect as opposed to the real nature of something


    information that has become public


    a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight


    come to the surface


    put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface


    appear or become visible; make a showing


    on the surface