How to Use cobblestone in a Sentence
cobblestone
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Now all that’s left are the stairs leading to its 30-foot cobblestone base.
— Thomas Graham, SFChronicle.com, 28 June 2018 -
Yellow caution tape was set up around the cobblestone circle where the birds had hunkered down.
— Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 28 June 2018 -
This race will shake up in the first week with the Team Time Trial and the cobblestones.
— Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 6 July 2018 -
The grippy rubber sole provides traction on cobblestone streets, dirt paths, and more.
— Neha Tandon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 2024 -
That a camera crew set its sights on the cobblestone streets of Dumbo is not at all surprising.
— Sam Hodgson, New York Times, 22 June 2018 -
Even during mid-corner panic stops on wet cobblestones, the system will keep a rider upright.
— Nick Goddard, Popular Mechanics, 25 Sep. 2018 -
Long before the peloton sees a mountain range, the Tour de France will throw riders one of the biggest booby-traps in cycling: cobblestone roads.
— Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 13 July 2018 -
At last month’s European men’s shows, on the runways and cobblestone streets, a few trends emerged from the ether and solidified into full-blown style movements.
— Samuel Hine, GQ, 2 July 2018 -
Corktown has been one of these pockets, where restaurants and boutiques have opened in the past several years, anchored by cobblestone streets on Michigan Avenue.
— Tamara Warren, The Verge, 20 June 2018 -
Stay at the Adler Dolomiti, a centrally located resort whose large footprint covers several blocks of the cobblestone streets.
— Kelly Hushin, Town & Country, 28 Sep. 2018 -
The setting for the dinner—a cobblestone courtyard—was especially magical, thanks in no small part to Alexandria’s vision and attention to detail.
— John Dolan, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Aug. 2018 -
Some of the streets still have cobblestone and the remains of streetcar tracks.
— Noreen Malone, New York Times, 1 June 2023 -
The road itself is made of cobblestones and is about five feet wide.
— National Geographic, 14 Mar. 2019 -
Both of our knees were killing us though, because of all the cobblestone.
— Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2023 -
Today, a double row of cobblestones marks the place where the wall once stood.
— Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, 8 Nov. 2019 -
The couple strut down the runway — a cobblestone street — in stylish streetwear.
— Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2023 -
Routines here are as well-worn as the cobblestone streets.
— Eric Lipton, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2019 -
Many ended up piled on top of each other in the narrow cobblestone streets of the course.
— BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2022 -
The camera rushes up the cobblestone side streets onto the wide boulevard of the Champs-Élysées.
— Nadja Spiegelman, The New York Review of Books, 8 Apr. 2020 -
The tour goes through hilly areas of Alton and some cobblestone streets, which could make for a bumpy ride.
— Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2023 -
Sneakers will be your best friend on this leg of the trip since there'll be hills and cobblestones aplenty.
— Sally Holmes, Marie Claire, 1 Aug. 2019 -
The rule is in effect on most of Paris's medieval cobblestone streets.
— Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2021 -
The zoo bears only touched concrete, cobblestones and rock with their large, padded feet.
— Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 25 Nov. 2019 -
The scent of bread and scrubbed cobblestone lures me down through the capital’s passages and narrow streets.
— Anne Farrar, National Geographic, 18 June 2019 -
And charming cobblestone streets filled with bars and restaurants and shops.
— Baz Dreisinger, Forbes, 26 Oct. 2021 -
Enjoy morning runs along the beach, strolls through the historic cobblestone streets, and drives on the sandy white beaches.
— Kara Thompson, Good Housekeeping, 18 Aug. 2022 -
Rain, snow, sleet, sun, gravel, grass, cobblestone, cement—it’s been through the ringer.
— Samantha Leal, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Sep. 2024 -
People rip up their lawns and replace them with bricks and cobblestones.
— Charles McGrath, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2023 -
The picturesque views, cobblestone streets, and non-stop servings of pasta and wine felt like a slice of heaven on earth.
— Maya Allen, Marie Claire, 11 June 2019 -
This is the sort of film in which the first few minutes are just a long, slow shot of water being brushed across a cobblestone driveway by a broom.
— Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 11 Dec. 2018
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