Examples of boulder in a Sentence
Júlia Ledur, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
Some of the park's primitive dirt roads cross boulders—a real adventure for more daring drivers.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2024
Meanwhile, what remains of its borders are made up of standing boulders.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
At the center of the co-ed pools is a striking, sculpture-like boulder sliced in half and polished.
—Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
The background of the pristine shoreline and azure sea are lush tropical greenery and large boulders.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2024
The walk-in shower has a sliding glass door that leads outside and around a corner to an elegant hot tub surrounded by boulders and plants.
—David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
Nearby a flat boulder cloaked in the shade of the yawning oak trees was dimpled with grinding holes created by nameless Native Americans, decades, or even centuries, ago.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2024
Large boulders landed within a few feet of several vehicles parked near the slide, according to video from OnSceneTV.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2024
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Word History
short for boulder stone, from Middle English bulder ston, partial translation of a word of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish dialect bullersten large stone in a stream, from buller noise + sten stone
1607, in the meaning defined above
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“Boulder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boulder. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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