adobe

Example Sentences

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County officials signaled interest in rebuilding in fire zones with natural materials, such as adobe, but advocates say their policies make it nearly impossible.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025

For decades, her adobe dwelling hosted waves of grandchildren and great-grandchildren as sons and daughters went back and forth, entrusting expanding broods to the matriarch.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 22, 2025

Eventually, however, the lush commons became something like adobe hills.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025

Hackman was a lover of the arts and a painter himself, so he fit in well: Santa Fe is known for its iconic adobe architecture and is home to more than 250 galleries.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025

But this one time each May, on the day of San Isidro, who was the patron saint of all farmers, they opened the small adobe church in town.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols