How to Use gravel in a Sentence

gravel

1 of 3 noun
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  • 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 | Mwake@al.com, 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
  • On the exterior, the house is characterized by the use of tar and gravel roofing.
    — Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2024
  • But soon after, her mother got stranded on a gravel bed in the lagoon, where she was discovered, helpless, by a passing road maintenance crew on March 23.
    — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
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gravel

2 of 3 verb
  • This practice begs the question: would gravel make sense in some of the areas off the path of the driveway?
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2018
  • The four wheels are buttery smooth rolling over all sorts of surfaces, from city streets to gravel.
    — Kaelyn Lynch, Outside Online, 27 May 2022
  • The force of the contact ripped the steering wheel out of Rossi’s hands and the pair sailed straight through the apex into grass, then gravel, and eventually for Grosjean, the tire barrier.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Incorporating an easy-to-use walkway (hint: not gravel) from the bath to the back door can make or break the bath experience.
    — Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2023
  • Cycle Oregon now hosts gravel rides and weekend rides and women-only road rides.
    — oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Pavers made of concrete or clay work well, provided the installer leaves gaps between pieces and fills them with fine pea gravel rather than sand or mortar.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
  • The high walls also kept trail debris from entering my shoes and helped create a smoother transition from trail to gravel, in my opinion.
    — Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Slides may be to blame for the most severe damage but heavy rains can also wash out roadways, scouring away the dirt and gravel beneath pavement and causing the pavement to collapse.
    — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2023
  • If the splashes are caused directly by rain droplets, spread pea gravel a couple of inches deep on top of the existing soil alongside the foundation.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • For developers, Davis says, the upfront cost of the seeds and planting is offset in the long term by lower maintenance costs—no turf to mow or gravel erosion to manage.
    — National Geographic, 24 June 2017
  • Road conditions range from extremely rough and unmaintained asphalt to gravel to rugged-as-it-comes dirt.
    — Sunset Magazine, 9 May 2022
  • Bluegills and sunfish, on the other hand, will be spawning in areas of fine sand and gravel throughout much of the early summer months, often coinciding with full moon periods of the lunar calendar.
    — Jim Gronaw, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2023
  • Reaching the stadium from the baseball offices is a circuitous route that takes you in one door and then out of another in State’s indoor football facility, down a steep, unleveled sidewalk and through a dusty, graveled-covered work site.
    — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, 15 June 2018
  • Although early races were composed primarily of amateur riders, more accomplished cyclists have recently moved from the mountains or the roads to gravel.
    — New York Times, 7 June 2022
  • The pursuit path included U.S. 20, gravel logging roads and the quiet residential area where Brown was eventually arrested.
    — oregonlive.com, 27 June 2019
  • This practice begs the question: would gravel make sense in some of the areas off the path of the driveway?
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2018
  • The four wheels are buttery smooth rolling over all sorts of surfaces, from city streets to gravel.
    — Kaelyn Lynch, Outside Online, 27 May 2022
  • The force of the contact ripped the steering wheel out of Rossi’s hands and the pair sailed straight through the apex into grass, then gravel, and eventually for Grosjean, the tire barrier.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Incorporating an easy-to-use walkway (hint: not gravel) from the bath to the back door can make or break the bath experience.
    — Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2023
  • Cycle Oregon now hosts gravel rides and weekend rides and women-only road rides.
    — oregonlive, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Pavers made of concrete or clay work well, provided the installer leaves gaps between pieces and fills them with fine pea gravel rather than sand or mortar.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
  • The high walls also kept trail debris from entering my shoes and helped create a smoother transition from trail to gravel, in my opinion.
    — Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Slides may be to blame for the most severe damage but heavy rains can also wash out roadways, scouring away the dirt and gravel beneath pavement and causing the pavement to collapse.
    — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2023
  • If the splashes are caused directly by rain droplets, spread pea gravel a couple of inches deep on top of the existing soil alongside the foundation.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
  • For developers, Davis says, the upfront cost of the seeds and planting is offset in the long term by lower maintenance costs—no turf to mow or gravel erosion to manage.
    — National Geographic, 24 June 2017
  • Road conditions range from extremely rough and unmaintained asphalt to gravel to rugged-as-it-comes dirt.
    — Sunset Magazine, 9 May 2022
  • Bluegills and sunfish, on the other hand, will be spawning in areas of fine sand and gravel throughout much of the early summer months, often coinciding with full moon periods of the lunar calendar.
    — Jim Gronaw, Baltimore Sun, 2 July 2023
  • Reaching the stadium from the baseball offices is a circuitous route that takes you in one door and then out of another in State’s indoor football facility, down a steep, unleveled sidewalk and through a dusty, graveled-covered work site.
    — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, 15 June 2018
  • Although early races were composed primarily of amateur riders, more accomplished cyclists have recently moved from the mountains or the roads to gravel.
    — New York Times, 7 June 2022
  • The pursuit path included U.S. 20, gravel logging roads and the quiet residential area where Brown was eventually arrested.
    — oregonlive.com, 27 June 2019
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gravel

3 of 3 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
  • The driver hit the man in a gravel portion of the lot, where people experiencing homelessness are known to camp.
    — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Building on permafrost requires gravel pads that protect the ice from melting, and aboveground pipes.
    — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022

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