The air felt close and a fine layer of perspiration caused her blouse to cling to her.

Similar thin invisible layers of ice that form along ships can cause them to become unbalanced, with the risk of overturning.

Several layers of dead, compacted cells cause the nail to be strong but flexible.

For example, when a soft or hard layer causes excessive stresses or unacceptable blow counts.

A layer of ice on the sides of a concrete pond may cause it to crack, leading to inevitable leaks.

A thin layer of ice on the wings, they say, can cause an aircraft to crash.

Carbonized layers will cause food to stick.

A layer of water in the contact patch can cause a substantial loss of traction.

Re-linking Theory: the protective layer causes broken double bonds to be reformed.

An extra layer of auditing is causing friction with needy local officials.