pavement

Example Sentences

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It was all quiet and business as usual, except for the roaring trucks that were spraying foamy "detergent" on the pavement.

From Barron's • Apr. 25, 2026

She was walking on the pavement with her son just outside Grove Park in south London on his birthday last October, when she was hit by a speeding Forest dockless hire e-bike.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

North of the pavement, the North Algodones Dunes Wilderness holds a quieter terrain, where sunflower, ephedra and honey mesquite anchor the sand in subtle defiance of the wind.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Lichtenberg isn’t pounding the pavement to find and unveil secrets about institutions and power brokers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

When a coworker shouted at her to get out of the building, she moved to the parking lot, where the ground beneath the pavement had liquefied.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland