As the pyramid continued to rumble, the walls shed layers upon layers of blinding dust.

I just feel like I'm shedding layers.

They're shedding several layers of facial corium and epidermis.

The morning was very cool - right at fifty degrees, according to the outside thermometer - but food preparation would have me shedding layers before long.

The warm sun had pushed the temperature into the 20's, and the heat of our exertion soon had us shedding layers of clothing.

Changing clothes for these numbers, from a ruffled Western gown to a clinging Chinese dress, she also seemed to shed layers of reserve.

He said that the company had cut costs and shed layers of management during aluminum's rough days earlier in the 1980's.

He had gradually shed layers of clothing as the day grew warmer and the little boilers on all the equipment heated the air.

We were kindly welcomed to sit at one of a few small tables and shed layers of soggy outerwear.

No one was shivering and many spectators found themselves shedding layers as the morning progressed.