shingle

Example Sentences

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Leonard said one of the main species the initiative aimed to protect was the ringed plover, a small coastal bird that nests directly on beaches and shingle.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

His memories alight on his father, Wheeler, an attorney who turned down a high-paying job in Chicago to hang out his shingle in Port William.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025

Technically, they're equals now that these childhood friends have joined forces to hang out their own shingle after jumping ship from the management company their fathers created.

From Salon • May 9, 2025

“We didn’t lose a single shingle in the last windstorm we had with all the fires.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

And you came out of the valley, heady and rather dazed, to the hard white shingle of the beach and the still water.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier