Example Sentences

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Since trapping restarted, stoats have been found making dens in attics, under kitchen floorboards, in garden rockeries, and in greater density than on the UK mainland.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2023

The “National China Garden” is to feature a lake, a two-storey teahouse, rockeries, pavilions, bamboo groves, art exhibits and a homage to the White Pagoda of Yangzhou.

From Economist • Jun. 26, 2014

“Old compost heaps, sheds and patios to nest under, rockeries full of cavities and so on.”

From Washington Post

“Oh, I get it. Harper’s Bazaar does a special on rockeries so of course we have to have one too.”

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Kingfisher Meadows was all rain-stained walls, dripping bird tables, wet gnomes, swilling ponds, and shiny rockeries.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell