pebble

Example Sentences

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While there are no dwellings or buildings on the island, there is a pebble beach and a flood pond where rainwater could gather in extreme rainfall and provide water for livestock and wildlife.

From New York Times

This omission reminded me of something Rosen wrote about their time in college: “We carried the world of each other’s childhood in our pockets like a kryptonite pebble, a fragment of the home planet.”

From Washington Post

The lawn-less yards fascinated me, made of pebbles and rocks instead of grass and dotted with huge succulents that looked like enlarged versions of the miniatures I sometimes set on my kitchen windowsill.

From Salon

Work with their Turkish colleagues has revealed examples of poor construction, including large pebbles mixed in concrete, which weakens its strength.

From BBC

The reactors will be stocked with billiard-ball sized “pebbles,” each filled with uranium fuel.

From Seattle Times