macadam

Example Sentences

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When the firefighters pulled up on Woodland Drive, the severed power lines were dancing in the street, showering it with sparks and melting the macadam.

From Washington Post

My steroid-addled auditory cortex had interpreted the drumming of my tires on macadam as the jazz song “Sunrise Serenade.”

From Washington Post

When the scallops are abundant, gulls pluck them from shallows, drop them on the macadam from a height, and swoop down to eat the meat from the cracked shell.

From New York Times

Tho’ her tongue is soft, her heart’s macadam.

From Washington Post

I applied the gas, and the car went roaring up the embankment and back onto the macadam.

From Literature