macadam

Example Sentences

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When the firefighters pulled up on Woodland Drive, the severed power lines were dancing in the street, showering it with sparks and melting the macadam.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2021

You may note that good intentions are the macadam on the road to hell.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2015

It turns out it’s short for tarmacadam, or tar-penetration macadam.

From Forbes • Sep. 18, 2014

In all three cases we are offered what evidence of the truth cannot be avoided, and then it is quickly dispatched to oblivion by those laying down the macadam.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2014

With three incomes, the family might soon be able to afford a house of their own, perhaps on one of the wide macadam streets of Englewood.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson