cobbles
Britishplural noun
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coal in small rounded lumps
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cobblestones
Example Sentences
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He’d barreled over wet cobbles past shivering farmers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
“The nodules sit on the seafloor like cobbles in a street,” said Diva Amon, a marine biologist at the Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2025
Hundreds of Catholics gathered outside in St Peter's Square on Monday for an eighth evening to pray for the Pope's health, many carrying rosary beads as they headed towards across the cobbles towards the Basilica.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2025
The town’s locations, in particular the cobbles and grand, curved architecture of Le Mans Crescent and the town hall, have featured in dozens of productions over recent years.
From BBC • Aug. 9, 2024
Tough brown grass and weed trees sprouted from the gaps between the cobbles, and the mossy walls of what once might have been a huge stone manse.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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