How to Use bedrock in a Sentence

bedrock

1 of 2 noun
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  • His religious beliefs are the bedrock on which his life is based.
  • They dug down for 10 feet before they hit bedrock.
  • And that's been the bedrock of the brand from the beginning.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Trust is the bedrock of any agreement, but there is a deficit of trust right now.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Hip hop is a bedrock of pop culture, always at the cusp.
    — Jason Parham, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2023
  • This is one of the bedrock truths of the American family.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 9 Feb. 2024
  • There’s the old adage that trauma is the bedrock of great comedy.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The bedrock of true, solid friendship is being there for the hard things.
    — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2022
  • But the West's history and land have proved his creative bedrock.
    — Lynn Elber, Arkansas Online, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Several key treaties over past decades form the bedrock of the partnership between the U.S. and the Philippines.
    — Time, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The biggest part of that work was the installation of tie-back anchors into the bedrock.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
  • This standard is the bedrock of our legal system and must be upheld.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2023
  • One study analyzed the pebbles to understand the bedrock beneath the ice sheet.
    — Paul Bierman, Fortune, 24 July 2023
  • The robot was sent through it to examine the glacier's grounding line, where ice is in contact with bedrock.
    — George Petras, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2023
  • And now, their efforts are the bedrock of No. 3 Alabama’s right tackle.
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 6 Sep. 2023
  • And yet, this bedrock assumption seems to conflict with the universe that surrounds us.
    — Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The lengthy tracking process was necessary in part because pythons can hide in the Swiss-cheese-like local bedrock.
    — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2023
  • But the crew soon hit impenetrable bedrock and could only watch as water lapped at the crest of the dam.
    — Popular Mechanics, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The huge increase in rates for everything from small business to credit card loans lifts the value of that bedrock base.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 May 2023
  • Though crime remains the bedrock of new series orders, si-fi, in contrast haș edged down.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 25 July 2023
  • He’s supposed to be a veteran bedrock of the Rockies’ future.
    — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 9 Feb. 2024
  • As the rupture passes through the hilly neighborhoods of San Francisco to your north and west, the sturdy bedrock mutes the earth’s motion.
    — WIRED, 15 June 2023
  • They were created by large ice sheets which carved out the area's bedrock during a glacial period.
    — Molly McArdle, Travel + Leisure, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The allure of coastal living is carved into the bedrock of our collective psyche.
    — Lucy Alexander, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The tomb, carved into limestone bedrock, is estimated to be about 2,300 years old, said Haaretz.
    — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2023
  • For decades they have been viewed as the ultimate safe asset — the bedrock of the global financial system.
    — Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 2 June 2023
  • Where the ice first departs from the seafloor is called the ‘’grounding line’' — the three-dimensional intersection of ice, ocean, and bedrock.
    — Chris Mooney, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Doctors caring for patients in their own practices used to be the bedrock of our health care system — and for good reason.
    — Paul Berggreen, STAT, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Strong Governance of the Judicial processes is essential in Texas since the Judicial system is the bedrock of a democracy.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Open science is the bedrock of technological advancement.
    — Rebecca Finlay, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2024
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bedrock

2 of 2 adjective
  • Meanwhile, the once-bedrock issue of Obamacare repeal has faded as a unifying plank among most of the GOP’s rank-and-file voters.
    — Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 22 July 2017
  • In fact, Profs. Fama and French found that the same goes for an even more bedrock belief of stock-market investors: the notion that equities will outperform riskless T-bills for those who hold them long enough.
    — Mark Hulbert, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2018
  • Before a single brick is laid, teams of scientists assemble on scene to investigate a litany of details, from bedrock depth to soil chemistry.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 7 Feb. 2017
  • Before a single brick is laid, teams of scientists assemble on scene to investigate a litany of details, from bedrock depth to soil chemistry.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 7 Feb. 2017
  • But the best guides are experience and bedrock economic principles.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The Beneficial renovation is both a shrine to one of democracy’s bedrock values, trial by jury — and to Kline’s career.
    — Inga Saffron, Philly.com, 3 June 2018
  • One of President Trump’s most bedrock character traits is his refusal to truly reckon with any piece of information that reflects poorly on him.
    — Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Bedrock office buildings switch between four scents, depending on season.
    — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2017
  • Few leagues are rushing to copy those bedrock elements of M.L.S., and that raises the question of whether such an unusually structured league can really hope to join the best in the world, particularly financially.
    — New York Times, 28 Feb. 2020
  • After the dedication, Ralph Lewis, a former state geologist, and Tony Irving, a forest ecologist, will host a short walk pointing out how bedrock and glacial geology shaped the land.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 2 Sep. 2017
  • But the use of religious freedom as a tool to enable discrimination has become a bedrock principle of the modern conservative movement—and of the Trump Administration.
    — Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2019
  • The case sparked ferocious debate over his actions and the controversial prisoner exchange that led to his release in 2014, challenging the military's bedrock principle of never leaving a soldier behind.
    — Alex Horton, Alaska Dispatch News, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The case sparked ferocious debate over his actions and the controversial prisoner exchange that led to his release in 2014, challenging the military’s bedrock principle of never leaving a soldier behind.
    — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Bergdahl's case sparked ferocious debate over his actions and the controversial prisoner exchange that led to his release in 2014, challenging the military's bedrock principle of never leaving a soldier behind.
    — The Washington Post, cleveland.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • In action recalling Marbury v. Madison, the original and bedrock ruling of the Supreme Court waylaying executive power and proclaiming its own, courts overruled the new president and ordered its enforcement stopped.
    — Mario Nicolais, The Denver Post, 11 Feb. 2017
  • That a Democratic candidate might diverge from the group’s pro-business agenda is no surprise, but Mr. Trump’s embrace of economic policies that are anathema to its members is seen as a betrayal of bedrock Republican principles.
    — James B. Stewart, New York Times, 14 July 2016
  • Partisan feuds over climate change, clear-cutting and bedrock federal environmental policies are undermining efforts to confront the rapidly swelling fire money dilemma.
    — Evan Halper, latimes.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Meanwhile, the once-bedrock issue of Obamacare repeal has faded as a unifying plank among most of the GOP’s rank-and-file voters.
    — Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 22 July 2017
  • In fact, Profs. Fama and French found that the same goes for an even more bedrock belief of stock-market investors: the notion that equities will outperform riskless T-bills for those who hold them long enough.
    — Mark Hulbert, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2018
  • Before a single brick is laid, teams of scientists assemble on scene to investigate a litany of details, from bedrock depth to soil chemistry.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 7 Feb. 2017
  • Before a single brick is laid, teams of scientists assemble on scene to investigate a litany of details, from bedrock depth to soil chemistry.
    — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 7 Feb. 2017
  • But the best guides are experience and bedrock economic principles.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2017
  • The Beneficial renovation is both a shrine to one of democracy’s bedrock values, trial by jury — and to Kline’s career.
    — Inga Saffron, Philly.com, 3 June 2018
  • One of President Trump’s most bedrock character traits is his refusal to truly reckon with any piece of information that reflects poorly on him.
    — Benjamin Hart, Daily Intelligencer, 28 Apr. 2018
  • Bedrock office buildings switch between four scents, depending on season.
    — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 8 July 2017
  • Few leagues are rushing to copy those bedrock elements of M.L.S., and that raises the question of whether such an unusually structured league can really hope to join the best in the world, particularly financially.
    — New York Times, 28 Feb. 2020
  • After the dedication, Ralph Lewis, a former state geologist, and Tony Irving, a forest ecologist, will host a short walk pointing out how bedrock and glacial geology shaped the land.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 2 Sep. 2017
  • But the use of religious freedom as a tool to enable discrimination has become a bedrock principle of the modern conservative movement—and of the Trump Administration.
    — Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2019
  • The case sparked ferocious debate over his actions and the controversial prisoner exchange that led to his release in 2014, challenging the military's bedrock principle of never leaving a soldier behind.
    — Alex Horton, Alaska Dispatch News, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The case sparked ferocious debate over his actions and the controversial prisoner exchange that led to his release in 2014, challenging the military’s bedrock principle of never leaving a soldier behind.
    — Alex Horton, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2017

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