macadam

Example Sentences

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My steroid-addled auditory cortex had interpreted the drumming of my tires on macadam as the jazz song “Sunrise Serenade.”

From Washington Post

When the scallops are abundant, gulls pluck them from shallows, drop them on the macadam from a height, and swoop down to eat the meat from the cracked shell.

From New York Times

I applied the gas, and the car went roaring up the embankment and back onto the macadam.

From Literature

The trip to Alexandria was marred by a bad stretch of crumbling macadam, though the lunch there was enjoyable.

From Washington Post

Vahrenkamp says the road was also used as a testing ground for new materials such as macadam, asphalt and concrete.

From The Guardian