Example Sentences
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Its character is somber and brooding, partly because of its materials—precast concrete, finely sandblasted to suggest dark gray stone—and partly because of the deep shadows they cast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
Reports of nearby homes and businesses being sandblasted by debris are one thing Metzger finds especially surprising.
From Scientific American ● May 4, 2023
By lap 40, the front of cars looked like they’d been sandblasted, and pit crew had to be mindful not so slip on debris that shook out of grills during stops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2023
Sharpe found a claw-foot tub on Craigslist and had it sandblasted and refinished.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 12, 2022
It can put up with storms to a certain extent, but it can't just get sandblasted forever.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
