How To Use Formica In A Sentence
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In one of the neighborhoods I lived in there was a classic corner candy store, one that had a long formica counter flanked by revolving red-topped stools; behind the counter was perched a sea-green malted mixer, a bleacher stacked with Neccos, Chuckles, B-B Bats and Yoo-Hoos, a large tarnished griddle upon which hamburger patties and home fries hissed and popped, and the whole space seemingly lit in sepia.
Steven Weber: In a Sense, Abroad Part Trois: I's Real, Oy!
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While you, like me, may have arrived at a repertoire of greatest hits over the years—like the molasses crinkles my grandmother cribbed from a Wesson Oil cookbook, and the candy canes from Betty Crocker's Cooky Book that my mother taught me to roll across our Formica counter—each December still demands a new challenge.
Wunderbar Cookies
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While many parents choose to purchase ant farms for their children to use in school science projects, it also possible to create your own formicarium for ant observation.
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If they happen to get on the hands or fingers, they submit to be restored to the gate; but go to the formicary on the mango-tree half a dozen yards away and offer a friendly finger, and you will find dozens of pugnacious individuals ready to defend their home.
Tropic Days
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The High Rollers Bar is black Formica and black plaster walls that have been scuffed, scratched, and stained by spills and fights.
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Eyes shaded by his trademark red cap, Chick Cashman settles into the small booth, facing me across the Formica table.
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While you, like me, may have arrived at a repertoire of greatest hits over the years—like the molasses crinkles my grandmother cribbed from a Wesson Oil cookbook, and the candy canes from Betty Crocker's Cooky Book that my mother taught me to roll across our Formica counter—each December still demands a new challenge.
Wunderbar Cookies
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My understanding is that the word ‘formication’ is used by doctors to imply an imaginary itching.
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The sores on the arms are from something called ‘formication’.
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A favourite set target is the bulbous formicary of the white ant which disfigures so many of the trees of the forest.
My Tropic Isle
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All of the condominium homes are equipped with desirable features such as Formica laminate countertops in the kitchens and master bathrooms, Mid-Continent 42-inch oak cabinetry, oak vanities in the bathrooms, soaring 9-foot ceilings, Dal ceramic tile in both bathrooms, gas fireplaces, luxurious tubs in the master bathrooms, security systems with intercoms and private balconies or terraces.
Paramus Post
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From current projections it looks like it is going to be us and a fungus and some air pollinated green silage feedstock by 2250, welcome to the formicary!
Biodiversity: Boundless, priceless – and threatened | Editorial
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Julia Dault For her site-specific sculptures, Ms. Dault , 34, wrestles sheets of mirrored Plexiglas, Formica and tambour into fat curves and cylinders, securing them with cotton cord and boxing wraps.
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Keep the formicarium dark, except when you are observing the ants, and even then use as low a light level as possible.
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A detached retina ruined Lon's wrestling career and stuck him on the business side of a greasy Formica counter in the bait shop.
The Last of Boland
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The floors are covered in polished terrazzo, and the walls seem to have been plastered with a purposefully cheesy sixties-era Formica laminate reminiscent of DiSpirito's old family home.
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Not since the discovery of formicary foam, which could be reduced to produce exene.
Cachalot
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From current projections it looks like it is going to be us and a fungus and some air pollinated green silage feedstock by 2250, welcome to the formicary!
Biodiversity: Boundless, priceless – and threatened | Editorial
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My limited knowledge tells me it could be connected to the onset of menopause - formication.
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Returning to the painting course, he felt nothing for oil-on-canvas and had a set-to with tutors in his fourth year when he started painting on Formica panels.
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Swarming on the extremity of the branches among which the formicary is constructed, the defenders, projecting their terminal segments as far into space as possible, eject formic acid in the direction of the enemy.
Tropic Days
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Formica countertops, fitted carpets and coloured bathroom fixtures were commonly included in the price.
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a highly-savoured red ant, and the _hahinni_, a large black formica terribly graveolent; flies like the tzetze, centipedes, scorpions, and venomous spiders, which make men 'writhe like cut worms.'
To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative
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She grabbed the edge of the counter and stared down at the clean Formica and waited.
DOLL'S EYES
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I dozed until the ants found me out, when, unable to lie quiet under the formication, I got up and passed hours walking up and down till I was so tired that I almost fell asleep walking; then I lay down again and slept for an hour, but the cold and the ants awoke me again, and I spent the rest of the night by the camp-fire.
The Autobiography of a Journalist
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She is fed and cared for by the workers, and she in turn assists them in the rearing of the young, and has even been known to give her strength for the extension of the formicary grounds.
Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891
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I looked at the pile of dirty dishes on the Formica counter.
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The predominant color in the cabins is coral with red highlights; the ceiling is coral, the Formica desktop is coral, the little coffee table is coral.
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In the last month, I had occasionally placed different sorts of food in the formicarium.
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The formicarium had been unused over two months so I put some water on the gel and added sugar and soya.
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The same author speaks of a gentleman under treatment for stricture who could not eat figs without experiencing the most unpleasant formication of the palate and fauces.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
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No change except a deepening of the anæsthesia, and the development of formication on manipulation of the wound occurred, and at the end of three weeks the nerve was exposed (Mr. Watson), and it was found that
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
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They sat at a Formica table cluttered with dirty tea cups.
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The less pubescent diner can cast a detached eye on this ritual from six Formica-topped tables inside the tiny deli-restaurant.
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Jesse Formica has taken to calling the boycott a ploy-cott.
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So many folks have asked about my formicarium that my friend, Ray, has started making them for sale.
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A trestle and Formica table lined one wall; polystyrene boxes of paints, pastels, coloured pencils sit on rough-sawn benches opposite.
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When we finally remove it, the middle of the crepe is cooked through while the edges slop all over the Formica, eliciting shrieks of disgust from aforementioned seven-year-olds.
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I use it on a mouse pad, though it works fine on my Formica desktop.
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Formica rufa is an aggressive ant species that preys on a range of invertebrate insects as well as collecting honeydew produced by aphids.
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Here the symptoms were epileptic seizures, spastic movements, dance-like twitching, and formication.
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Various types such as guest ants, temporary parasites (some Lasius, Formica, Bothriomyrmex species), inquilines or permanent social parasites (Anergates, Aporomyrmex, Doronomyrmex, Strongylognathus, etc.), and slave-makers or dulotic species (Chalepoxenus, Epimyrma, Harpagoxenus, Protomognathus, Strongylognathus, Polyergus, etc.) are known.
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The good news is that materials such as Formica and other laminates are quite affordable and provide very attractive options that can improve the look of any kitchen.
Shaister Miester Do Da
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She sat down next to him, slid her hand across the scarred Formica table, and grabbed his arm.
DOLL'S EYES
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To determine the main nutritional ingredients of Formica rufa L. in Xinjiang.
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There is also a rhesus monkey that answers to the name of Joe, and a glass-enclosed formicarium loaded with ants.
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The phenomena persisted from periods of a few hours to two or three days, return of function being first noticeable in the sensory nerves, and often with modification in the way of lowered acuteness, or minor signs of irritation, such as formication, slight hyperæsthesia or pain, pointing to a combination with the least extensive degrees of hæmorrhage; later, motor power was rapidly regained.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
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Unlike finish paints, shellac-base primer-sealers, such as Zinsser's B-I-N, will adhere to all cabinet surfaces-painted, polyurethaned, unfinished, Formica, plastic, metal and glass-to form a sound base for the topcoat.
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Unlike our darkly beloved East Coast caverns of fluorescent Formica, this rustic restaurant/bar/music venue looks warmly lit and woodsy.
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We were so pure that year that even the desktops were Formica white.
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Instead of letting me watch two people formicate, the whole thing looks like one of those propaganda videos of "successful" missions in Iraq that the Pentagon is always showing.
American Beat: Party On, Paris!
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Modelled on the American diner of the 1950s, the chrome and Formica interior has become a classic in its own right.
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The early return of sensation, even if modified in acuteness, was always a very hopeful sign; also the production of formication in the area of distribution of the nerve on manipulation of the injured spot.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
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Many out-of-state visitors travelling through the Delta area leave with the image of the region being a land of asphalt-covered, Formica-Modern, sprawling 'slurbs' jammed with millions of people.
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An action that obeyed, was directed by, the incredibly gigantic, communistic will which, like the spirit of the hive, the soul of the formicary, animated every unit of them.
The Metal Monster
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The cabinetry is all chocolaty wood, the countertops a hard Formica blaze of orange, a room that seems dark even when it is blazingly illumed.
Excerpt: The Father of All Things by Tom Bissell
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Pimozide is similar to haloperidol in chemical structure and potency, and has been shown to be uniquely effective in the treatment of this condition, especially in decreasing formication.
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Itching, tingling, and ‘formication’ (sensation as of crawling insects) are also common symptoms due to bubbles forming in the skin.
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Turn onto a smooth, lightly greased surface such as Formica or marble and knead until smooth and satiny.
And the winner is...
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The queen is in the formicarium now and seems quite busy exploring her new surroundings.
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So, the famous drug was made from something called formicary foam.
Cachalot
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All of the condominium homes are equipped with desirable features such as Formica laminate countertops in the kitchens and master bathrooms, Kitchen Craft 42-inch oak cabinetry, soaring
Paramus Post
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Formication also occurs in alcoholism and can be a symptom of drug toxicity, particularly from overuse of cocaine and amphetamines.
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The students' workstations, blue steel desks with Formica tops, dominate the center of the room.
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I have to say I adore that word “formicary” here – though I think there are critics now who would protests at such a self-consciously literary word.
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He can see Katherine in the kitchen, with its smooth Formica counter tops and fine oak cabinets.
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The cabinetry is all chocolaty wood, the countertops a hard Formica blaze of orange, a room that seems dark even when it is blazingly illumed.
Excerpt: The Father of All Things by Tom Bissell
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On a small white Formica table, a portable radio pumped out staticky oldies.
Forever Lost
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The name for this sensation is formication (with an ‘m’).
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Many homes less than $200,000 have dated decor, such as Formica cabinets and linoleum floors, turning off buyers who don't want to renovate or can't afford to, Farrell said.
The Enterprise Home RSS
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Medpundit
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A fortnight later this pain still persisted; there was lowered sensation in the ulnar area with formication, also lowered sensation in the internal cutaneous area of distribution; sensation in the lesser internal cutaneous area was normal.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
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This dulotic nest belongs to a red slave-raiding Polyergus species which is parasitic on the silvery field ant Formica argentea.
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From the Day-Glo color of the carpets, the plastic decorative accoutrements to the long Formica counters, it is literally the 1960's redux.
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When in a position allowing of direct examination, the contused portion of the nerve sometimes developed a palpable fusiform thickening, manipulation of which might give rise to formication in the area of distribution -- a favourable prognostic sign.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
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Several queens often exist in one nest, and I have seen workers drag newly fertilized queens into a formicary to enlarge their resources.
Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891
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You do not want to spend your vacation in a condo with a blue carpet, magnolia walls, Formica countertops, shiny brass bathroom fittings and garishly-coloured sofas.
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Ask students to make observations of the formicarium at specific times and record this information in a class log.
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Eyes shaded by his trademark red cap, Chick Cashman settles into the small booth, facing me across the Formica table.
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The track was now hard and palpable, but there was no hyperæsthesia in any area; when the track was manipulated slight formication in the hand was experienced.
Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre
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Lidia Verrecchia banters amiably as she ferries cappuccinos to her customers, who sit at Formica tables backed by art deco wood panels.
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We chose Chippendale's rococo units with elegant blue-grey door detailing and Formica worksurfaces.
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Its fraying carpets, Formica decor and inappropriate flooring for computer networks are all part of the look and feel of a glass hulk of a building constructed in 1963.
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Here the symptoms were epileptic seizures, dance-like twitching, and formication.