- present tense form of rock (3rd person singular).
rocks
Example Sentences
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In August 1967, my future wife and I found ourselves stumbling over rocks from the walls that weeks earlier had divided east and west Jerusalem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
The region’s rocks preserve fossils from different stages in the evolution of terrestrial vertebrates, including some of the oldest known dinosaurs and large predators that lived before the Age of Dinosaurs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
The giant space rocks are generally monitored by optical sensors, as they are too far away for Chilbolton's radar dish to detect.
From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026
People living next to a quarry say their homes shake, pictures fall off the wall and their children are frightened each time huge rocks are blasted.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
It had white shell beaches, pale gold sand, and tumbled black rocks where the spray threw rainbows into the sky.
From "Nim’s Island" by Wendy Orr
