asphalt
Example Sentences
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The Eaton fire got as far as the garage of the house on Ganesha, but the roses, surrounded by asphalt, survived.
From Los Angeles Times
This mammoth died nearby, but his carcass slumped into an ancient stream bed and was covered by sediment and eventually topped by the pits’ oozing asphalt, encasing and preserving his bones.
Disneyland’s struggles on opening day have long been mythologized, be it stories of weak asphalt or plumbing disasters.
From Los Angeles Times
The other highlight of her vacation was a concrete box here in suburbia, surrounded by the same gray asphalt she sees at home.
“The asphalt’s so hot it’s melting! We were sinking into it!”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
