1.   A thick layer of dust lay on the furniture.

2.   A thick layer of smoke hung over the city.

3.   Everything was covered in a thick layer of dust.

4.   Stoked by heat, they said, the thick layer of rock known as the mantle could be supple enough to flow.

5.   The best way to do this is to wrap them in a thick layer of newspaper and hit them with a hammer.

6.   The ground was covered in a thick layer of snow.

7.   There was a thick layer of dust on the furniture.

8.   Thick layers of snow blanket every horizontal surface.

9.   Would not these storms coat solar collectors and solar-cell panels with a thick layer of dust, shutting them down?

10.   I could see a thick layer of dust on the stairs.