How to Use granite in a Sentence

granite

noun
Definition of granitenext
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  • Sound art is light on the ground where granite and bronze can land with a thud.
    — Blake Gopnik, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Part of the great tomb was once cloaked in granite blocks rather than limestone.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The pool’s granite sides are engraved with the names of the victims, and a white rose lay on each name.
    — Elizabeth Williamson, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Below each tree was a small granite marker with the name of one of the victims.
    — Alyssa Fiorentino, House Beautiful, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The 6-foot granite pedestal is already on the plaza southwest of the Statehouse.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2022
  • The body of the A6 looks as solid as a block of granite that's been chiseled and chamfered to knock off the sharp edges.
    — Fred M.h. Gregory, Car and Driver, 12 July 2023
  • The counters in the kitchen are topped with granite, but the floor and the backsplash are Italian porcelain.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
  • The walls of the Martello tower were made of granite and seven feet thick.
    — Bono, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2022
  • There’s a galley kitchen with granite counters and a dining nook to the left.
    — Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Roughly one-third of the structure was clad with granite blocks.
    — Bradford Betz, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The highlight of the hike is standing at the base of the three granite towers that give the national park its name.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2024
  • For the in-laws who love to host, a sleek cheeseboard made of granite will surely get so much use.
    — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 24 Nov. 2022
  • The granite canopy is surmounted by a bronze heron, a bird that spends much of its life in the water.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2022
  • The route climbs shallow snow to a steep series of wide granite cracks that lead toward the ridge.
    — Cory Richards, Outside Online, 7 July 2024
  • The white and black granite stretches to the ceiling and recalls to mind a giant Rorschach test.
    — Brianna Griff, Chron, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The gourmet kitchen is sleek and modern with granite counters.
    — David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 20 May 2024
  • The low-lying coastal plateaus that curve around the bases of the steep granite islands offer the only flat ground in the country.
    — Frank Hulley-Jones, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The Alps slash the skies, in jagged granite and knife-drops into sudden valleys.
    — Mike Eckel, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2023
  • On all sides, vast slabs of granite shot thousands of feet into the air, their peaks shrouded in the clouds.
    — David Gelles, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
  • A little bit goes a long way and leaves granite or quartz surface sparkling clean.
    — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The granite block beneath it is engraved with his story and the names of donors who contributed to the piece.
    — Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • First a deep blue pool beneath a granite outcrop that led up and away from the river.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Heated floors, the large mostly black granite bathroom in a jet sheen, has not.
    — Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 16 May 2023
  • No, but there is a 65-foot black granite swimming pool at the center of the property.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 7 May 2024
  • Curling stones – made of granite and weighing about 40 pounds – are ready for use.
    — Troy Aidan Sambajon, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Feb. 2023
  • My eyes are closed, palm pressed flat against the mossy granite wall of a dribbling waterfall.
    — Jen Murphy, Robb Report, 30 July 2022
  • The granite being dumped at La Grave has to be shipped from Newfoundland.
    — Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2022
  • Leavitt says the granite on El Cajon Mountain is some of the best he’s ever climbed.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Loading your audio article Four decades ago, as they were dive-bombed by a pair of peregrines, a small team of expert climbers saved a nest of fragile falcon eggs from Yosemite’s El Capitan sheer granite wall.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
  • Yosemite National Park, best known for its striking granite cliffs and towering waterfalls, is the state's most popular.
    — Kate Murphy, Axios, 24 Sep. 2024

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