slab

Example Sentences

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With that careful pull, the slab compressed together, suddenly stood up, and took on the shape of a tiny, curvy, modernist-style chair.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Then add the feta as a single slab, not crumbles.

From Salon • Feb. 19, 2026

Tamma tiptoes “up climbs with body english and devious footwork”; she clings to fingerholds the size of molars; a fall sees her come “cheesegrating” down a slab.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Trump’s a real-estate magnate; he sees a big slab of land; he wants it?

From Slate • Jan. 8, 2026

Their eyes were the colorless grey of extreme age, and they squinted at the organs on the slab.

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman