limestone
Example Sentences
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Eventually the entire massif stands exposed: a solitary block of limestone rising 1,800 feet above the Mojave floor.
From Los Angeles Times
Known as North America's most fertile source of dinosaur fossils, it contains massive deposits of mudstone, sandstone, and limestone from ancient rivers and floodplains.
From Science Daily
Mr. Robb’s excellent maps expose their geological foundation: the limestone belt that bisects England from the upper right to the lower left.
Whether Reuben hit them directly or not, water was going to come at them from every one of those directions—plus down from the clouds and up through the porous limestone underneath the city.
From Literature
The building, with its limestone facade, took up an entire city block.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
