How to Use thin film in a Sentence

thin film

noun

• His face was flushed and shiny with a thin film of sweat.
  — New York Times, 28 Oct. 2021
• Apply a thin film of glue to the dovetails on the sides and ends of the tool box.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 25 Feb. 2020
• In a large ovenproof pot with a lid, heat a thin film of oil.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 7 May 2021
• The thin film is like pouring through the small opening in the cap -- the honey moves very slowly.
  — Sarah Vitak, Scientific American, 5 Oct. 2021
• Much like the swiss roll, the battery is made up of a thin film rolled into layers.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 1 Mar. 2022
• The acid mantle is a thin film on the skin’s surface composed of lipids from the oil glands mixed with amino acids from sweat.
  — April Long, Town & Country, 28 May 2020
• The copper in the molten material formed a thin film on the surface of the solid.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 19 Oct. 2018
• The thin film is meant to be like an umbrella that partially blocks out the sun.
  — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 27 Mar. 2018
• His favorite tool in this effort is yuba, the thin film that forms on the top of boiling soy milk.
  — Sarah Bennett, latimes.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• In a medium pan on low heat, add enough neutral oil to cover the bottom in a thin film.
  — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Apr. 2021
• Wash the pan with water and dish detergent, and dry it to remove the thin film of surface grease.
  — Paige Szmodis, Popular Mechanics, 19 Mar. 2021
• Apply a thin film of high-temp brake grease to any sliding surfaces.
  — Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 2 Oct. 2017
• Argon gas atoms shoot the target, and copper falls onto the wafer to cover it in a thin film.
  — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 14 Apr. 2022
• Pour a thin film of olive oil into a large frying pan over medium-high heat.
  — Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 May 2018
• Your laundry hamper’s full, the bed’s unmade, and a thin film of dust covers the surfaces.
  — Robert McGill, The Atlantic, 23 July 2021
• Rinse Ever notice a thin film of chalky powder on your rice?
  — Rick Martinez, Bon Appetit, 19 Sep. 2017
• Get an oven safe pan hot with a thin film of oil, place the cod skin side up in the oil and sear for a minute or two, just to lightly brown/blacken.
  — Michael Russell, oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2020
• In 2017, as Weinstein Co. was in freefall, Sony was trying to wage a turnaround and fill out a thin film slate.
  — Ryan Faughnder, chicagotribune.com, 26 July 2019
• But, Schubert said the chances of a thin film panel burning while being used is low.
  — Alexandra Kukulka, chicagotribune.com, 2 Sep. 2020
• Ice gets slippery when the weight of your vehicle melts a thin film of water as your tire rolls over it.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2022
• This must have been deliberate, because they were all charred evenly, with a thin film, and on the same part of the stick.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2018
• Gold and silver, among other metals, are already known to do so and can be made in thin films.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 7 May 2018
• Use a paper towel to wipe the pan and make sure there’s a thin film on every surface, corner, and side.
  — Eunice Liu, Discover Magazine, 3 Mar. 2015
• If using a skillet, heat a thin film of olive oil in the bottom of a large skillet over medium-high heat.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2021
• Counting penguin bones Come morning the deck of the Palmer is coated in a thin film of ice from the storm that blew through the previous night.
  — Elizabeth Rush, National Geographic, 7 Mar. 2019
• Your favorite videos can shine right through the ITO layer, which is transparent in thin films.
  — Byluis Melecio-Zambrano, science.org, 23 Feb. 2023
• But that thin film of doubt encased a deeper sense of confidence.
  — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 2 May 2020
• The new Prius models will have solar panels built by Sharp, thin films that are around 0.001 inches thick.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 8 July 2019
• Two years later, during my senior year of college, a thin film of dizziness perturbed me for almost three months.
  — Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2023
• Columnar thin films are dense pillars of glassy material that uniformly cover the fingermark, like a dense growth of identical trees in a forest.
  — Partha Banerjee, Discover Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024