How to Use adobe in a Sentence

adobe

noun

• The house was built of adobe.
• Made of adobe and dirt bricks, the walls are two feet thick.
  — Ian Johnson, The New York Review of Books, 5 Apr. 2020
• The adobe and the bricks, everything, feels warm and baked.
  — Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2023
• Our farmhouse from the late 1800s was built of stone and earth in the French adobe style.
  — WSJ, 5 Dec. 2017
• Guests can sleep and wake to desert views in the property's adobe homes.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2022
• The adobe was restored as an example of L.A. life in the 1840s.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022
• Plywood covered up windows in the front rooms of the adobe.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2022
• Walls are double adobe, 18 inches thick, and keep the heat at bay.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 17 July 2021
• The adobe became a museum for a while, was sold to the city and then sold back to the archdiocese.
  — Yvonne Condes, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
• The adobe stands in a rural area south of Westfield North County mall.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2022
• Both grew up fighting their siblings for space in one-room adobe shacks.
  — Kate Linthicum, latimes.com, 1 Dec. 2017
• O’Malley called the police to say the adobe fencing at her home had been damaged by gunfire.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
• Her wardrobe remained buried under adobe bricks and clay roof tiles.
  — Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2017
• The adobe-style architecture matches the main house, which is just a few steps away.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 22 June 2022
• About 400 artists show three or four items each in the former adobe residence.
  — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2019
• There was an adobe hump against the wall with no apparent purpose.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 22 Mar. 2023
• The couple lived in the Valencia adobe on Dolores Street.
  — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 June 2021
• Turn the pilón upside-down, dump it out and the mofongo makes a smooth little dome like an adobe igloo.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Dec. 2021
• Back in the Allens’ adobe home, artwork was everywhere, most of it from friends.
  — John Lingan, Washington Post, 29 Jan. 2020
• The three adobe sculptures under the table are by Rafa Esparza.
  — Rima Suqi, ELLE Decor, 20 Sep. 2018
• The Romanesque revival cathedral was built around the former adobe church.
  — USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2018
• The plaster on old buildings peeled to reveal straw in the adobe bricks underneath.
  — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 25 Apr. 2018
• O’Connor and her husband, John O’Connor, actually helped place the adobe bricks for the home when it was being built in 1957.
  — Washington Post, 19 July 2019
• This one-bedroom casita (from $75; via Airbnb) in a historic adobe home in San Miguel is about an hour from the dunes and has its own hot tub.
  — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2021
• The house was constructed with adobe bricks made from soil that had been dug out for the building’s foundation.
  — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 22 Sep. 2017
• But all over Jojutla, old one- and two-story buildings, some made of adobe, looked ready to fall.
  — Andrea Castillo, latimes.com, 23 Sep. 2017
• In the next mural, two Hispanic women are at work on an adobe building, while a man labors in a field.
  — Mary Hudetz, The Seattle Times, 9 Oct. 2018
• Excellent Mexican fare in a fun, cozy room at the heart of an ancient adobe.
  — Alexandra Marvar, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2019
• The custom adobe-style plaster hood draws the eye up, as does a skylight stretching along the room’s width and bathing it in natural light.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 1 Feb. 2023
• When Mendoza de Lerma finally bought the adobe, she was filled with joy.
  — Laura Gómez, azcentral, 18 May 2018

Last Updated: 28 May 2024