paving stone
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A paving stone on Parliament Walk in Alloa also marks a visit by the former prince on the same day.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
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
Still facing us as his left foot steps back onto the orange paving stone.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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