Example sentences for: paved

How can you use “paved” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The road leading to Laurel Heights (where the editorial offices of VERBATIM are situated and which is, believe it or not, somewhat elevated from the surrounding land, a laurel or two can actually be found there, too) is named Boggy Hole Road, an apt name till a year ago or so, when the town of Old Lyme rebuilt it, widened it, paved it, and provided it with drainage; it is now in such good condition that I have suggested that the name be changed to Boggy Hole Boulevard, an idea that has not found much favor at the town hall.

  • A good paved road eases the strain of the zigzag climb that continues up approximately 2,000 m (more than 6,500 ft) above sea level.

  • Today, the mud is neatly paved over, the mosquitoes have flown elsewhere, and the Americans are less trouble than they used to be.

  • The Nao trade route continued until the early 1800s, when José María Morelos y Pavón, a hero of Mexico’s War of Independence, took over Acapulco and stopped the trade, sending the town into a century-long respite, a hiatus that ended only when the Mexican government paved the highway between Mexico City and Acapulco.

  • A couple blocks back from the beach, the main focus of attention is a tidy square, paved with black, egg-shaped stones from the beach, and its 16th-century church, with a blue-and-white tiled steeple.


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