paving stone
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Mysterious Hebrew writing found by builders on a paving stone while renovating a home is essentially gibberish, a university academic has concluded.
From BBC • May 23, 2024
And every relationship leap is a paving stone leading to its action-heavy finale, "Hegemony," and the U.S.S.
From Salon • Aug. 11, 2023
“These are the units to measure the worth / Of this woman as a woman regardless of birth,” a paving stone underneath the sculpture reads.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2021
One morning in mid-October, a gravedigger called Abu Ahmed struck his shovel on a paving stone buried under four feet of dirt.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 5, 2018
‘Ted’s useless at stuff like that. You’ll end up with a paving stone and half a trainer.’
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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