asphalt
Example Sentences
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A patch of normalcy in the midst of misery, the way a flower can grow in cracked asphalt.
From Literature
The asphalt dead-ends, but there’s a gravel driveway heading to the Boy Scout camp.
From Literature
We drive until all I can see is gray asphalt and dingy buildings.
From Literature
A year ago, the back lot of Normont Early Education Center was little more than a bare, heat-radiating expanse of asphalt.
From Los Angeles Times
Weeds grew up everywhere, through cracks in the pavement, asphalt, and patches of dry, stony soil.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
