Example sentences for: overlaid

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  • Also, the "State of the Planet 1998" section features a series of bizarre images overlaid with haikus from the editors or quotes from people such as Laurie Anderson, Noam Chomsky, and Andy Grove.

  • For each of the three rRNA molecules (5S, 16S, and 23S), three items are available: 1) the reference structure diagram, upon which the conservation information is overlaid; 2) the conservation diagram itself; and 3) the number of sequences summarized in the conservation diagram, which links to a web-formatted list of those sequences.

  • But overlaid on these long-term difficulties is a severe recession.

  • Morris' descriptions of Clinton's temper tantrums, says Ferguson, make them sound like "the kind normally associated with autistic children--except in the president's case they are overlaid with self-righteousness and megalomania."

  • Leading down to the river’s edge, the steep stone stairway known as the Gate to the Sky (Chaotianmen), which appears not to have been cleaned since the Ming Dynasty, is treacherously overlaid with mud and muck, so wear your safest shoes and walk with care.


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