pebble
Example Sentences
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To Ray’s stoic exterior, Colin’s good manners are like pebbles bouncing off a marble god.
That’s what the creator of the chain Swig calls spiking Coke, Mountain Dew or Dr Pepper with fruit purées and flavored creams, served in plastic cups stuffed with pebble ice.
Her claim of being my peer at school was like a pebble in my shoe.
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Slowly, the boy reached into his pocket for his slingshot and one of the pebbles he kept in there.
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If you can see tiny pebbles, it’s concrete.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.