adobe

Example Sentences

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He’s even selfishly hoarded toilet paper in his fancy adobe estate.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2025

Eventually, however, the lush commons became something like adobe hills.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

Pedersen had connected with Loescher, the architect, and was getting fired up about the possibility of rebuilding with adobe.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025

Hackman was a lover of the arts and a painter himself, so he fit in well: Santa Fe is known for its iconic adobe architecture and is home to more than 250 galleries.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025

The adobe houses of the founders had been replaced by brick buildings with wooden blinds and cement floors which made the suffocating heat of two o'clock in the afternoon more bearable.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez