set in concrete
Example Sentences
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It is an artifact set in concrete, chiseled away to reveal a replica of the Flatiron Building in New York City.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 2026
Use pressure-treated 4-by-4 posts set in concrete, and cedar or pressure-treated 2-by-4 posts run horizontally between them, to create a basic frame.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 29, 2020
Nothing’s set in concrete this year, not that anything was.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2016
I was standing like a statue, feet set in concrete and staring blankly at her.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2015
Now the gates have sentries and there are ugly new floodlights mounted on metal posts above it, and barbed wire along the bottom and broken glass set in concrete along the top.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
