Passing years have only made such scams more blatant: Two friends recently sent me nearly identical diplomalike sheets they got in the mail.

As the river swirled and pushed against him, sending sheets of water shooting up and over his head, he realized what had happened.

The collapse sent sheets of tin and wooden planks flying into the street.

Each wave sent sheets of wind-driven spray into the boat; presently a sea greater than the others swung us high and curled over the transom.

His teeth ground against one another, sending sheets of pain through his trigeminal nerve.

The wind rose in strength, tearing at the snow, sending sheets of white across the ground and into the trench.

Spray and rain sent sheets of water pouring against her ankles, nearly sweeping her down the deck.

Hal's arm burned, sending great sheets of pain shooting through his body, especially as the thorns and bark of the forest tore at him.

Away to my right these lava streams had already reached the water, sending sheets of steam hissing and searing skyward.

Now, even a normal monsoon sends sheets of water into the riverbed instead of down into the soil.