gravelly

Example Sentences

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Chalk streams emerge from springs in porous chalk bedrock, which acts as a filter to remove sediment, characterised by beautifully clear water and a gravelly bottom.

From BBC

I bend down and pick up a stone from the gravelly path.

From Literature

Instead, in his gravelly voice, Greenspan said, “This is the first time in history that a reporter has ever apologized to the Federal Reserve.”

From Barron's

We heard the gnomes in the distance, shouting something in their gravelly little voices.

From Literature

They climbed higher and the ground was gravelly and black; the plants were gray spikes and the creek disappeared.

From Literature