Despite a relatively stable population, a new urban fabric began to develop, especially around the new station area.

The plain fabric began to take on shadowy texture and a tinge of green.

The fabric of my cloak began to give way.

In a short time, new fabrics began to appear; hemp and cotton each also had their own particular techniques of manufacture.

The fabric deteriorated and they began to fall into disrepair.

Second, the dry fabric begins to absorb water from the soap bubble film.

And the fabric of a well-wrought empire began to come apart.

The fabric of the school building was beginning to show its age in the 1990s.

The blasts shook the downed cars again, fabric inside began to burn.

Indeed it is so severe that the fabric of the economy is beginning to suffer long-term damage.