macadam

Example Sentences

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Tho’ her tongue is soft, her heart’s macadam.

From Washington Post • Oct. 11, 2019

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

The air was still, moist, and suffused with the burned-licorice scent of freshly rolled macadam.

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