How to Use gravel in a Sentence

gravel

1 of 2 noun

• Caelus had already built the gravel road and drilling pad for the project.
  — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2023
• The streams had fine sand and gravel grounds and were filled with leaves and branches.
  — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
• One car ended its day in a spray of gravel on the first lap.
  — Josh Katz, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2023
• At the snow dump site, a camper had covered its paths with gravel left from the snowmelt.
  — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2023
• The road narrows, blacktop turns to gravel, and the fields give way to thick woods.
  — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2023
• His patch of woodland was tucked out of sight, at the end of a long, gravel driveway.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2023
• Chop the rest into small, gravel-size pieces and transfer to a small bowl.
  — Allison Robicelli, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
• The company also added a small gravel pathway from the road to the site.
  — Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2023
• The vehicle was parked in a gravel area next to the home, the Sheriff's Office said.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 7 July 2023
• The gravel will change the angle at which the droplets bounce, keeping the siding drier.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
• The car was parked in a gravel area near the home, and the woman was trying to maneuver it out of a tight space.
  — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 9 July 2023
• Begin walking up the gravel road, which will soon turn to dirt.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
• Laramie's base is a bit out of the way; it must be accessed by car along a rough-and-tumble gravel road.
  — Stacey Lastoe, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2023
• The vehicle was parked in a gravel area next to the home, deputies reported.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, USA TODAY, 10 July 2023
• Our roads still have gravel patches due to flood damage, and wildlife of all sizes are out.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2023
• Then came the Gold Rush, with hydraulic mining that choked creeks with gravel.
  — Catrin Einhorn Max Whittaker, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
• Park on Farmer Road, alongside an apple orchard, and walk up to the trailhead via the gravel road on the right.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
• The shooting occurred in a wooded area along a gravel road, Smith said.
  — Marilyn Heck, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2023
• My best catfish holes all have sand or fine pea gravel on the bottom.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 15 June 2023
• Researchers found it in a gravel pit in Cham, a town in the canton of Zug in central Switzerland.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2023
• Is your trailhead parking lot made of large, sharp chunks of gravel?
  — Will Egensteiner, Popular Mechanics, 29 Mar. 2023
• The site of the public fossil dig is in a spot adjacent to a gravel road in a North Dakota state park.
  — Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2023
• The students then strode back through over hills in the horse pasture, down the gravel road and to the center of campus for one last rally.
  — Clarence Williams, Washington Post, 6 Nov. 2023
• This mid-size suitcase was easy to move around, even on gravel, and the handles come in handy when lifting it.
  — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 8 May 2023
• An old, plain white building with a gravel parking lot at 210 Stokes St. in West Huntsville.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 1 Sep. 2023
• In the center of the units, a small pool was surrounded by cactuses and gravel.
  — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 2 Apr. 2023
• The truck that was involved in the accident was filled with gravel, the employee said.
  — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 2023
• In Bowdoin, yellow crime tape hung where the shootings took place in a home flanked by woods at the end of a long gravel driveway.
  — Doha Madani, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2023
• Add a 1-inch layer of pea gravel to anchor the plant, but do not cover the crown where leaves are emerging.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2024
• The shorebirds nest and feed along coastal sand and gravel beaches, blending in with their habitat.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 21 Apr. 2023

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gravel

2 of 2 adjective

• The gravel parking area is on the right at the bottom of a steep hill.
  — Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 18 Mar. 2021
• That day, Steve’s dad had stayed next to a small pond near a gravel road.
  — Outdoor Life, 17 Nov. 2020
• There are also miles of gravel roads that’ll get you away from the crowds.
  — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 2 June 2022
• Parking is in a grass lot, and access to the maze is via a gravel drive.
  — Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 29 July 2021
• Then comes a dip and the low-water crossing on the gravel road that leads to the water park.
  — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 26 July 2021
• But Gurney’s legacy was built on the track, not in a gravel trap and not in a heap.
  — Dave Kallmann, Journal Sentinel, 16 July 2022
• Water flows through the cracks in a street and weaken the gravel base layer and the ground, called the subgrade.
  — Laurinda Joenks, Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2021
• Two-stage machines are the only way to go on a gravel drive.
  — Field & Stream, 24 Feb. 2021
• To show some of these changes, Beverly pulled over his truck on the side of a gravel road.
  — Ian James, AZCentral.com, 6 Sep. 2021
• The caution flew on the 39th lap after Scott Heckert got stuck in the Turn 6 gravel trap.
  — Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2020
• They were found that day under some pine boughs off a gravel road.
  — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2020
• Drive across the Cascade Mountains, take the gravel roads and head to the dusty trailheads lined with sagebrush.
  — oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2021
• Bryant, 42, found part of a brick from the church embedded in its gravel driveway and dug it out.
  — Solomon Crenshaw Jr., al, 26 Nov. 2020
• Streiff said his friend rolled his vehicle on a gravel road, was thrown from behind the wheel and died the next day.
  — Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 24 Aug. 2020
• Annie Sanderson had grown to love the quiet of her home, set on the bend of a gravel road deep in the prairies, far from the heart of her reserve.
  — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Dec. 2022
• Pretty much all gravel bikes have disc brakes these days.
  — Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 19 Dec. 2020
• On others, tires will kick up a little dust on gravel roads.
  — Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2022
• Her property is a long gravel driveway from the main road.
  — Madison Smalstig, The Indianapolis Star, 1 July 2022
• Pereyra said without warning, Profitt pulled him to the ground, struck him in the back of the head and pushed his face into a gravel driveway.
  — Andrew Ford, ProPublica, 23 Sep. 2020
• In addition to the field and large, round, grassy area for fans, there is a gravel track to give the area another purpose.
  — Sara Tidwell, courant.com, 4 June 2021
• Make sure to get there before too much snow falls, and be prepared for long stretches of gravel road.
  — oregonlive, 18 Sep. 2021
• Hunters and maybe-hunters are heading for the shooting range or nearest gravel pit to sight in their rifles.
  — John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2021
• At that time, around 30 employees worked out of trailers on a gravel lot.
  — oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2021
• The Dutchman was able to keep his car from getting into the gravel trap and continued.
  — Rob Peeters, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2022
• The vehicles rumble up a gravel driveway that is a half-mile long, with fields on both sides.
  — Dan Gearino, ABC News, 29 July 2022
• Located at the end of a gravel road just outside Wren, Harris Bridge Vineyard is deep in the woods.
  — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 1 Oct. 2020
• Blooms and greenery popped up almost overnight along a white, gravel road in Broad Ripple.
  — Rachel Fradette, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Apr. 2022
• The first was down a gravel road running the peninsula of Arcadia Lake.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2022
• Outside work hours, the couple used the vehicle to haul rocks and mulch up their gravel driveway.
  — Roberto Baldwin, Car and Driver, 1 Dec. 2020
• Biel captioned the images, which showed the family of four walking down a gravel path.
  — Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 29 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 3 May 2024