How to Use sandstone in a Sentence

sandstone

noun

• Catch the sunrise over the Valley of the Sun, when the sky turns on the mountain’s shade of red sandstone.
  — Lauren Matison, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2023
• There are stairs that lead up to the house made of red sandstone, according to the listing.
  — Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2022
• Built in 1799, this massive palace is made of red and pink sandstone and has stunning views of the city.
  — Catherine Garcia, theweek, 29 Jan. 2024
• The name comes from a series of sheer red sandstone cliffs that extend for more than 25 miles.
  — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
• The Stone of Destiny, a hard-to-miss 330-pound block of pinkish sandstone, was also present.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
• By the time the sun rises above the red sandstone pillars, Wilson is on his way to a nearby well.
  — Rachel Scott, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2023
• The park is home to a stunning 13-mile scenic drive through bright red sandstone cliffs, limestone canyons and Joshua trees.
  — Tamara Gane, Chron, 21 Mar. 2023
• The sandstone was carefully saved and has been installed in a walkway around the house and on the new patio.
  — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 21 Aug. 2023
• The trail that leads to an iconic natural sandstone arch has been a big draw for ages.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2024
• The main building of the bathhouse, constructed around 210 A.D., had sandstone walls three-and-a-half feet thick.
  — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 1 May 2023
• The monolithic sandstone formations line the foothills on the west side of Boulder.
  — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
• His sandstone palace is bathed in a golden light—the perfect venue for his wedding to an ingénue of a princess.
  — Samanth Subramanian, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
• That might require drilling new and lower tunnels through the sandstone beside the dam.
  — AZCentral.com, 6 Sep. 2022
• Mostly carved in sandstone, these scenes make up the pith of the exhibition.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
• For something longer, try the Broken Hill Trail, a roughly 2.5-mile loop that overlooks the ocean and sandstone bluffs.
  — Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2023
• This nearly four-mile round-trip hike leads to Devil’s Bridge, the largest natural sandstone arch in the area.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2023
• The sea of sandstone is speckled with 2,000-year-old petroglyphs.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2023
• Previously, In 2019, the bridge was closed for four months after chunks of sandstone fell from one of the towers.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 Aug. 2022
• In the evenings, candles are placed in scores of salt votives to provide light, and there’s also the round fire pit made of sandstone on the main terrace.
  — Gisela Williams Anthony Cotsifas, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2023
• Eventually, the blue sandstone with streaks of brown will cover the outside of house.
  — Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2022
• The new model comes in four colors (platinum, sage, sandstone, and ice blue) and weighs under 2.5 pounds.
  — Tom Warren, The Verge, 21 Sep. 2023
• The council ordered Donelan's company against removing the piles of wood and sandstone from the site.
  — Daniel Wu, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2023
• Chianti wines produced from sandstone soils tend to have greater body and longevity.
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
• The rocky sandstone trail offers expansive views of the main Zion Canyon and the Virgin River gleaming in the sunlight.
  — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• The fossils were found in high sandstone cliffs on the southern side of the Bristol Channel near Minehead, close to the site of a holiday park.
  — Jack Guy, CNN, 7 Mar. 2024
• After more than 20 years of neglect, the sandstone was about the only thing that didn’t need repairing.
  — Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 15 Dec. 2022
• This 336-pound sandstone slab has journeyed all the way from Edinburgh to London for King Charles's big day.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 May 2023
• Several dugouts slammed into sandstone ledges to the left; at least one was split badly.
  — Larry Rohter, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2023
• In three miles round-trip, the Watchman Trail transports you to a land of sandstone spires and prickly pear cacti that bask under the desert sun year-round.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2023
• It was made from red sandstone in 1855 and served as the home and office of Joseph Henry (the first Secretary of the Smithsonian).
  — Lauren Smith McDonough, House Beautiful, 9 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024