abutted

Example Sentences

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The tunnel had been there since before the war, said Mohammad Doghmosh, adding that it abutted a low building.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Some of their farms even abutted the graveyard.

From BBC • Oct. 5, 2023

Here in this tiny mountain community dotted with apple orchards east of Yucaipa, a flood had gutted a clapboard house that abutted a creek.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2023

The library, which abutted the street, violated that policy.

From Washington Times • Jul. 20, 2023

The southwest corner of the fence abutted the main road but also separated the Lonogan property from the Rude farm.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby