There was a thin patina of soot over its entire length, but it was a trailer.

It is in their thin (but not so thin as a non-historian might imagine) patinas that we can read complete histories.

Item 3: Small brass ingot 10mm x 12mm x 4mm with a thin green patina.

As he watched a thin patina of azure snow began to cover the dead face.

He rose, breathing heavily, a thin patina of sweat shining on his face.

But overlaying the gentle wisdom there always lay a thin patina of bitterness.

There is blood beneath her, its surface coated with a thin patina of flour.

The only addition was a thin patina of fingerprint powder I picked up the photograph of her parents.

Every surface of the kitchen is covered in a thin patina of cornstarch and food coloring.

The monster was always there, she reflected, beneath a thin patina of charm and culture; all you needed was to know what to look for.