asphalt

Example Sentences

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What the pair found was a desert highway that rolls up and down, like an asphalt serpent, with deadly blind peaks and treacherous hidden troughs.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

SUVs idle in the gravel shoulders, with camera cables snaking out of their doors and across the asphalt.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

These days, transforming the asphalt landscape into a sandy oasis takes about a week, with almost 900 tonnes of sand – that's about six blue whales or 70 double-decker buses – trucked in.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

A year ago, the back lot of Normont Early Education Center was little more than a bare, heat-radiating expanse of asphalt.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

When I got to the road, I didn’t even care that the asphalt was burning hot under my bare feet.

From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor