Examples of “surface” in a Sentence

noun The outer or top layer of something.

• Wipe the surface of the desk with a damp cloth before you start.
• Dust had settled on the surface of the table.
• The surface of the lake was completely still.

noun How something appears from the outside, as opposed to what is really going on underneath.

• Beneath the calm surface, the two friends were quietly angry with each other.
• He seems cheerful on the surface, but he has been worried for weeks.
• On the surface, the deal looked like a good one.

verb To rise up to the top, or to come to light after being hidden.

• Bubbles surfaced one by one as the diver slowly swam upwards.
• The submarine surfaced a mile from the coast.
• New evidence surfaced years after the trial ended.