Examples of pavement in a Sentence
He stopped the car just off the pavement.
The summer heat rose off the pavement.
Recent Examples on the Web
The pavement is uniformly smooth and comfortable, and sight lines are significantly clearer compared to the old M-Path, which wound around columns that obstructed views of the pathway.
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Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2024
Crews are expected to begin removing pavement and completing other earthwork on Hudson Road between Old Hudson Road and east of Kennard Street.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2024
The money will be used to raise parts of the road and lay down pavement better suited to withstanding flooding, snow, and ice.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 12 Apr. 2024
Some less expensive 4Runner models will be available with rear-wheel-drive only, while others will have a part-time four-wheel-drive system, designed to be turned off when driving on dry pavement.
—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
Image To counter that figurative and literal erosion, the city has installed giant gates at four mouths of the lagoon to keep seawater out and pavements dry, and banned cruise ships from the inner canals.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
In some places now the pavement is only a few feet from the edge of the bluff.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2024
If too much is spread on pavement, the excess can be washed into streams, rivers and lakes, where chloride — one of the components of salt — can wreak havoc on aquatic life, disrupt the ecosystem of a body of water, make its way into groundwater and corrode pipes.
—Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2024
In cities, urban heat islands occur when natural land cover is replaced with dense concentrations of pavement, buildings and other surfaces that absorb and retain heat.
—Daniel Peck, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2024
Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2024
Crews are expected to begin removing pavement and completing other earthwork on Hudson Road between Old Hudson Road and east of Kennard Street.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2024
The money will be used to raise parts of the road and lay down pavement better suited to withstanding flooding, snow, and ice.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 12 Apr. 2024
Some less expensive 4Runner models will be available with rear-wheel-drive only, while others will have a part-time four-wheel-drive system, designed to be turned off when driving on dry pavement.
—Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
Image To counter that figurative and literal erosion, the city has installed giant gates at four mouths of the lagoon to keep seawater out and pavements dry, and banned cruise ships from the inner canals.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
In some places now the pavement is only a few feet from the edge of the bluff.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2024
If too much is spread on pavement, the excess can be washed into streams, rivers and lakes, where chloride — one of the components of salt — can wreak havoc on aquatic life, disrupt the ecosystem of a body of water, make its way into groundwater and corrode pipes.
—Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2024
In cities, urban heat islands occur when natural land cover is replaced with dense concentrations of pavement, buildings and other surfaces that absorb and retain heat.
—Daniel Peck, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2024
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“Pavement.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pavement. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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pavement
noun
pave·ment
ˈpāv-mənt 
1
: a paved surface (as of a street)
2
: the material with which something is paved
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