Other Words from boulder

bouldered \ ˈbōl-dərd

\ adjective

bouldery \ ˈbōl-d(ə-)rē

\ adjective

Examples of boulder in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web First, journey to the eponymous boulder via the brief one-mile out-and-back workout on the Eagle Rock Canyon Trail. — Matt Pawlik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022 Just a short while later, the 63-year-old Boston man would slip and fall on his descent from the mountain’s summit, taking a treacherous slide headfirst into a boulder. — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2022 His hotel, the Lodge in the Woods, opens this week as a series of low-slung concrete structures that hew to nature, with hallway roofs punctured to accommodate sinewy tree trunks and a colossal boulder backstopping the open-air river house. — New York Times, 30 June 2022 That whole process was like rolling a boulder up a hill. — Brandon Tensley, CNN, 30 June 2022 The stone is an erratic, a boulder that was moved by the glaciers that pushed through the state thousands of years ago. — Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 23 June 2022 To defend yourself against a moose, bison or elk, try to insert an object, such as a tree or boulder, between yourself and the animal. — Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 22 June 2022 Ford makes boulder bashing easy by including Rock Crawl mode, which puts the two-speed transfer case in low range, locks the rear differential, and disconnects the front anti-roll bar. — David Beard, Car and Driver, 20 June 2022 It is also designed to look like a landscaping rock or boulder to blend into your backyard. — Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 24 May 2022 See More

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