gravel
noun
small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand.
gravelled
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past participleof gravel.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof gravel.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
gravelnounsmall stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand.
Example Sentences
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He said the road was gravelled and changes were made to street signs and lampposts to transport them back to the 1920s.
From BBC ● Apr. 30, 2022
El Mayor has the biggest diaspora, and conditions remain basic: there is a hodgepodge of improvised houses and old American trailers divided by sandy gravelled roads, barbed-wire fences, and drooping salty pines.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 22, 2019
With a voice as gravelled as a churning cement mixer, he is still sprightly and genial at 80.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2017
We walk down the wide, gravelled drive past majestic chestnut trees to see a typical bedroom in the new unit - the chateau's former laundry house.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2016
At the front, and on both sides, there was the lawn, sloping downwards to a gravelled drive, and then into the lane, and without any tree or flower-bed to relieve the bald greenness.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
