How to Use boulder in a Sentence

boulder

noun

• In other words, remove the hill and just let the boulder roll along.
  — Melanie Fine, Forbes, 10 Apr. 2021
• This past year and a half has been a boulder onto a sheet of ice for marketing.
  — Adrian Dayton, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
• But this is more a foul-weather friend than a true boulder bashing off-roader.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 27 Mar. 2021
• Though the boulder is heavy and the mountain high, Lyons said no one is ready to quit pushing.
  — Rachel Blount, Star Tribune, 10 Apr. 2021
• The lovely grounds include walking paths and picnic tables set amid the boulder fields.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2021
• But using higher-frequency blue light is like switching to boulders.
  — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
• Working against our caveman brain is like Sisyphus forever rolling a boulder uphill.
  — Melanie Fine, Forbes, 10 Apr. 2021
• Hilcorp blamed the 2017 leak on abrasion from an underwater boulder.
  — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Apr. 2021
• The edgy route twists through the forest dodging boulders and skimming ravines before encountering a gorgeous passage lined with aspen trees.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 26 Sep. 2024
• But the mountain-sized Chicxulub asteroid hits our atmosphere like a boulder into a puddle.
  — Cody Cassidy, Wired, 9 Apr. 2021
• California’s Giant Rock in the Mojave Desert is said to be the largest freestanding boulder in the world.
  — Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2021
• Older mothers are probably past their days of perching on rigid picnic tables or uncomfortable benches outdoors (and don’t even think about asking her to sit on a boulder).
  — Outdoor Life, 22 Mar. 2021
• One of the most iconic features is the teetering enormous sandstone boulder atop Balanced Rock, presumed to weigh about 3,677 tons.
  — Nick Kontis, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2021
• Trust the car, wait for the brakes, and slide four feet down the face of a boulder half the size of the Bronco.
  — Alexandra Cheney, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2023
• The car was lodged on top of a large boulder, with both front tires off the ground.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2022
• The crew made its way through a creek and around boulders to reach the hiker.
  — Sara Smart, CNN, 19 Sep. 2023
• That whole process was like rolling a boulder up a hill.
  — Brandon Tensley, CNN, 30 June 2022
• Once landed, the crew made their way through the creek and boulders to the hiker.
  — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 19 Sep. 2023
• Once past the boulder-jumbled gully, the road heads up the east face of the canyon wall.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2021
• The two men hacked away at rocks and sand in a crevice between boulders.
  — Thomas Fuller Jim Wilson, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2023
• And then Marcus Jones launched the biggest boulder of the day.
  — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Nov. 2022
• The movement of the boulder can be seen in the slider below.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 Apr. 2021
• The boulder is always waiting to be rolled up the hill.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2022
• Climbers get four minutes to reach the top of the boulder with both hands, and there are four boulders in the round.
  — Sandy Hooper, USA TODAY, 20 July 2021
• The boulder was deposited there, of course, by a glacier.
  — Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
• The rover came upon a white-striped rock within the field of blue boulders.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2024
• All of this with miles of scrub and boulders and endless sky right outside the door.
  — Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 30 Mar. 2023
• In Paris, medals will be awarded for both speed and for the combo of lead and boulder.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2021
• The boulder leans to the right, bullying a thin slab of green; at the back a large wedge of bright red remains above the fray.
  — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• Turn left and hike up for about a half mile over a boulder field to Statue Lake.
  — Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 July 2021

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024