concrete

Example Sentences

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But thousands of men were pouring into Redding to build the dam — a 602-foot concrete behemoth that irrigates millions of acres of Central Valley farmland — and they sure worked up an appetite.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

“There is one concrete thing we can do: Stand together, get trained to be an effective witness, show up when we can.”

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

The stories are set predominately in a middle America of big skies and lonely highways—terrain Thompson calls “the concrete pasture.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Does your house have a concrete roof or a thatched one?

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

It wasn’t like me and Keli—yes, I could call her that in the safety of my own fantasy— ever had real conversations or did anything concrete together.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo