asphalt
Example Sentences
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In a ritual unseen by the cameras, volunteers heave the floating icons toward the asphalt.
Then a worker removed a final chair from the van and placed it gently on the asphalt.
From New York Times
When a narrow asphalt thread of highway can barely cling to the Big Sur cliffs, a railroad — even a narrow-gauge railroad — would have been logistically impossible and environmentally catastrophic.
From Los Angeles Times
Roads in the densely populated area of some 24,000 people were chewed up, with piles of broken asphalt, stones and rocks lying on the sides.
From Seattle Times
A perfect example, she says, is that “people always forget how hot asphalt is,” because we never have to touch it.
From National Geographic
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
