How to Use boulder in a Sentence

boulder

noun

• In Paris, medals will be awarded for both speed and for the combo of lead and boulder.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2021
• 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
• 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
• In an unusual setup for the sport, athletes will compete in three disciplines: boulder, lead and speed.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2021
• When Pollock died, Krasner moved a boulder from behind the barn studio to serve as his headstone.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2021
• So how can today’s EPIC leaders respond when those boulders do fall?
  — Meridith Alexander, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
• Solid and immovable as a boulder, the presence felt menacing.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 8 July 2021
• Turns are broken up by mini-games, including bumping each other off the stage, avoiding giant boulders, and answering pop quizzes.
  — PCMAG, 23 Oct. 2024
• In the distance, Kobayashi was perched on a giant boulder, bent over a tablet computer, scrolling through entries on a mapping application.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2021
• The trail here has more elevation gain and a few scrambles on granite boulders in addition to sand dunes—something of a rarity on the archipelago.
  — Madeline Weinfield, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2024
• Featuring mini boulders, the aforementioned blue flowers, and a staff with metallic skulls, the scene had all the whimsy of a fantastical milieu.
  — Peter A. Berry, Billboard, 22 Oct. 2024
• 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 boulder is always waiting to be rolled up the hill.
  — Ashley Bastock, cleveland, 13 Sep. 2022
• 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
• 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
• Alexandra reached a boulder by shore and yelled for help.
  — New York Times, 20 Oct. 2021
• Hell, there’s even run-from-the-boulder style segments.
  — Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 28 May 2022
• To the untrained eye, the modest gray boulder in a Dorset, England, field would be easy to miss.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2023
• Joel picks up a nearby boulder as big as a car and heaves it at the red unicorn.
  — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 11 Sep. 2021
• On Asahi-dake, hikers are told to look for a big square boulder, known as Safe Rock.
  — Leyton Cassidy, Longreads, 7 May 2024
• The best part of the property is the neighboring trail among boulders, where someone long ago carved and painted all sort of faces and creatures.
  — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024