Example Sentences

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The trail itself is well-graded and maintained, starting off on gravel.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2023

The 9-mile road is paved until it reaches Kachess Campground, but the unpaved section is well-graded and should be manageable for any vehicle.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2022

It is important to note that soil engineers use similar terms with opposite definitions; well-graded sediment consists of a variety of grain sizes, and poorly graded sediment has roughly the same grain sizes.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

While few, if any, villagers were employed by the logging operation itself, several were employed to help maintain the graded road, even a well-graded road will be cut by gullies during the rainy season.

From Scientific American • Jun. 29, 2012

It has recently developed into a well-graded school having a junior high school running nine months, with teachers paid at the rate of a combined monthly salary of $600.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 by Various