Example sentences for: pavement

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

  • The pavement’s black and white wedges of stone radiate from an obelisk in the center of the square like rays from the sun.

  • We sat together at one summer's end,That beautiful mild woman, your close friend,And you and I, and talked of poetry.I said, "A line will take us hours maybe;Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought,Our stitching and unstitching has been naught.Better go down upon your marrow-bonesAnd scrub a kitchen pavement, or break stonesLike an old pauper, in all kinds of weather;For to articulate sweet sounds togetherIs to work harder than all these, and yetBe thought an idler by the noisy setOf bankers, schoolmasters, and clergymenThe martyrs call the world."

  • While having a fascinating stroll here, you can stop to have your nails painted, or get a shave and a haircut, all right on the pavement.

  • Why, for instance, would a vampire who can hover a good 20 feet above the pavement have to scramble frantically over a chain-link fence when being chased by Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

  • You’ll likely be busy looking up, or in chic store windows, when you stroll along Passeig de Gràcia, but be sure to notice the ground as well: Gaudí himself designed the hexagonal pavement tiles with nature motifs.


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