asphalt

Example Sentences

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Reyne took over as night watchman, with his tent on the asphalt in the parking lot behind.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

What the pair found was a desert highway that rolls up and down, like an asphalt serpent, with deadly blind peaks and treacherous hidden troughs.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

These days, transforming the asphalt landscape into a sandy oasis takes about a week, with almost 900 tonnes of sand – that's about six blue whales or 70 double-decker buses – trucked in.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

A year ago, the back lot of Normont Early Education Center was little more than a bare, heat-radiating expanse of asphalt.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

As I walked up the road, the wheels of the wagon made a dry hissing sound on the asphalt.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien