The leading end of the block would hold the fibers down before the cutting iron and allow the carpenter to remove paper-thin layers of wood.

The skin was so tender, and I could smell the blood under that paper-thin layer of skin.

It covers you completely and lets in a paper-thin layer of water - just enough to act as insulation against the cold.

Hitting the paper-thin layer of ice that coated the asphalt, Matt's feet almost slid out from under him.

He was removing only paper-thin layers of material, now.

With a long metal icing spatula, spread the chocolate evenly in a paper-thin layer over two large baking sheets turned upside down.

Embedded within it are paper-thin horizontal layers of white glass.

Dark chocolate, slightly bitter, was brought in, chopped up, melted and spread in a paper-thin layer on a sheet pan.

Spread the chocolate in a paper-thin 6-by-9-inch layer on the plastic wrap.

But a paper-thin layer of Baku society is housing itself in limestone palaces built high above the sea.