rocks

Example Sentences

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"We didn't know it was a living being. They looked like rocks to us."

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

The presence of other crocodiles, hippos and rocks in the river, meant it was too dangerous to use a boat or canoe to recover the body, Potgieter told the BBC.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

That may not have actually happened, but as Ms. Wimpenny writes, “these birds do drop large bones onto rocks to break them into more manageable pieces.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

And at the waterfall, snails that could easily be confused for pebbles slowly trudged along algae-covered rocks as Semple Run flowed by.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

I kept falling over rocks and logs, bumping into trees, and getting all tangled up in the underbrush.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls