palimpsest - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • history: It is a palimpsest of agricultural history created as a by-product of farming.
  • activity: A palimpsest of activities have produced this monument -- now as much as in prehistory.

Converse of object

  • become: As Hatoum struggles to rise, her limbs mark the sides of the container until they become a palimpsest of muddy traces.

Adjective modifier

  • visual: And, when you watch the tapes, there are also visual palimpsests.
  • rich: The lowland English farming landscape is a rich palimpsest of settlement and exploitation.

Modifies a noun

  • review: Palimpsest Reviews Other Reviews Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Tertiary Phase et al.
  • group: Somehow that triggered the idea of a Palimpsest film group.
  • brass: A smashing palimpsest brass lies about ten feet to the south.
  • text: Palimpsest texts on a stilus tablet separated using phase congruency shadow stereo.
  • copy: Feel free to splash the cash and buy the official Palimpsest copy, and share it round.

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