sandstone

Example Sentences

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The majestic sandstone villa on Madison Avenue that the company shared with the Archdiocese of New York, and the quaint house in its logo, conveyed a sense of noncorporate charm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Niscemi, home to some 25,000 people and built on sandstone and clay, suffered a landslide in the same area nearly 30 years ago, and residents said this week's disaster had been long in the making.

From Barron's • Jan. 28, 2026

In effect, the clays acted like a natural cement, binding sand grains together and preserving detailed outlines and impressions of soft tissues within sandstone.

From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026

Not even Dickensian “A Christmas Carol” visitations by the specters of his father and an Indonesian business partner negotiating a project involving a sandstone reservoir with “significant extraction costs” diminish his concomitant guilt and chagrin.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

There had been a massive slab of sandstone between the two mines, and my father had fought through it like he was in a war.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam