How to Use concrete in a Sentence

concrete

1 of 3 adjective

• It's helpful to have concrete examples of how words are used in context.
• We hope the meetings will produce concrete results.
• The floors of the shed were concrete, and the walls were plywood.
  — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2023
• Formed in the low concrete walls are oak leaves and acorns.
  — Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
• From the driveway and three-car garage, a long, lighted set of concrete steps leads to the front door.
  — Mark David, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2024
• In October, Egypt blocked the gates of the crossing with concrete slabs.
  — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024
• The project still is in its early stages — for the concrete data, the turtles need to be tracked for up to 10 years.
  — Kate Armanini, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2023
• The evidence is all around you that concrete paving brick can’t lace the boots of true clay paving brick.
  — Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2023
• To break through the concrete mask of a certain feeling at a certain time.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 5 Sep. 2023
• That summer, the pair took long walks on the beach, went swimming and carved their names in the concrete sidewalk in front of the motels.
  — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
• The houses have a concrete porch and vinyl and brick or vinyl and masonry siding.
  — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
• The team’s mostly concrete stadium was right next to Lake Erie; the wind would blow in and your feet would feel like blocks of ice.
  — WSJ, 21 June 2023
• The rustic concrete base is paired with a creamy beige linen shade for modern contrast.
  — Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 30 July 2023
• Footage from the scene showed women screaming from an upper floor of a house shattered to a concrete shell.
  — Wafaa Shurafa, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2023
• There were some concrete details that were unveiled or confirmed about the project.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 12 July 2023
• But the concrete specifics of adequate water intake are still, in large part, a mess.
  — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2023
• That nothing fell apart because there was nothing concrete in the first place.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2023
• The announcement comes as record crowds surge through the landmark’s concrete walkways.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2023
• This story became concrete and sacrosanct in the aftermath of the Six-Day War.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2024
• News reports suggested that one of the concrete bridge supports was damaged, though the bridge was not closed.
  — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2023
• The nostalgic staple is a concrete goose that sits outside of your house and welcomes guests.
  — Christianna Silva, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Oct. 2023
• The hangar doors and their supporting concrete pillars will be stabilized and left in place for the time being.
  — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2023
• Then came the drop test: our team first dropped an empty watering can from a height of about four feet on both grass and concrete surfaces.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Peoplemag, 17 Oct. 2023
• Parts of the concrete deck are cracking and breaking away, according to Caltrans.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
• The second hit sends him face first into a nearby concrete pillar.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• There were Oriental and Moroccan rugs on the concrete floor and paintings, three deep, leaning against the walls.
  — Emily Lordi, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• Also at issue was the placement of 20 concrete planters that bordered the building along Fifth Avenue and East 56th Street.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2023
• The survey provides some of the first concrete evidence that Delta 8 products are making their way into the hands of kids.
  — Nicholas Florko, STAT, 12 Mar. 2024
• Republicans have had huge difficulty for more than a decade in uniting behind any concrete plan for cutting the federal deficit.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
• Half of the structural steel is erected on the site, interior slabs are being poured, concrete walls are going up and masonry is beginning on interior walls.
  — Detroit Free Press, 4 Apr. 2024

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concrete

2 of 3 verb

• Small fish peer out from the necks of the jugs, which the passage of time has concreted into the seabed.
  — Elena Becatoros, The Seattle Times, 2 Aug. 2017
• Aside from not trying to drill concrete with a bit made for wood, here are some factors for purchasing a set of quality bits that will last you more than one job.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 7 Dec. 2020
• Rigolon acknowledged that having a large area of irrigated turf is preferable to asphalt or concrete.
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 July 2022
• Even as the White House tried to play down expectations beforehand, intense focus will continue on whether there will concrete results out of the summit.
  — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 16 June 2021
• How could concrete contort that much without exploding into dust?
  — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 27 June 2020
• That is, if the information gathered by investigators leads to concrete results within the church and the criminal justice system.
  — Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2020
• Small fish peer out from the necks of the jugs, which the passage of time has concreted into the seabed.
  — Elena Becatoros, The Seattle Times, 2 Aug. 2017
• Aside from not trying to drill concrete with a bit made for wood, here are some factors for purchasing a set of quality bits that will last you more than one job.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 7 Dec. 2020
• Rigolon acknowledged that having a large area of irrigated turf is preferable to asphalt or concrete.
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 July 2022
• Even as the White House tried to play down expectations beforehand, intense focus will continue on whether there will concrete results out of the summit.
  — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 16 June 2021
• How could concrete contort that much without exploding into dust?
  — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 27 June 2020
• That is, if the information gathered by investigators leads to concrete results within the church and the criminal justice system.
  — Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2020
• Small fish peer out from the necks of the jugs, which the passage of time has concreted into the seabed.
  — Elena Becatoros, The Seattle Times, 2 Aug. 2017
• Aside from not trying to drill concrete with a bit made for wood, here are some factors for purchasing a set of quality bits that will last you more than one job.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 7 Dec. 2020
• Rigolon acknowledged that having a large area of irrigated turf is preferable to asphalt or concrete.
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 July 2022
• Even as the White House tried to play down expectations beforehand, intense focus will continue on whether there will concrete results out of the summit.
  — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 16 June 2021
• How could concrete contort that much without exploding into dust?
  — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 27 June 2020
• That is, if the information gathered by investigators leads to concrete results within the church and the criminal justice system.
  — Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2020

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concrete

3 of 3 noun

• The back of the coach's head appears to slam into the concrete.
  — Michael Murney, Chron, 5 May 2023
• But the flat-rate approach is not cast in concrete yet.
  — Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2024
• For purists, fear not—concrete has not gone by the wayside.
  — Rachel Gallaher, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2023
• Keep in mind that rocks and concrete can also play a role in this area.
  — Dusty Parnell, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
• Suddenly, the sound of the ball strikes on the expansive concrete, marking the end of the play.
  — Mariana Martínez Barba, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2023
• The door to the space will be similar to those found in bomb shelters and filled with concrete.
  — Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
• Thinking about dollars and cents will make the cost much more concrete.
  — Bernice Napach, wsj.com, 24 Oct. 2023
• The first Starship launch shredded the launch site by throwing chunks of concrete for miles around.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 Nov. 2023
• How would stamped concrete or large stone tiles look compared to poured concrete and where could each go in the yard?
  — Cameron Sullivan, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
• Neighbors leaned on neighbors to lift heavy slabs of concrete.
  — Sima Diab, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2023
• One of the things to see here is the World's Largest Artichoke Statue, made of concrete and standing 20 feet tall and 12 feet wide.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 27 May 2023
• It was rebuilt from brick, rock and concrete to avoid future fires.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 3 June 2023
• But this isn't the first time extreme weather has caused concrete to crumble.
  — Li Cohen, CBS News, 11 July 2023
• Some of the bridge’s support piers are encased in substantial amounts of concrete.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2024
• It can be used over an array of floors, including concrete, vinyl, tile, and wood.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Oct. 2023
• Most Durable Fiberglass pools have a nonporous gel top coat that can't rip, tear, bunch up, or crack like vinyl or concrete.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 5 May 2023
• Tabby homes—built from a type of concrete made of broken oyster shells and sand—are still a common sight.
  — Sara Novak, Scientific American, 6 Apr. 2023
• As the avalanche comes to a rest, this liquid can quickly refreeze again, locking the snowpack in place like concrete.
  — CBS News, 11 Jan. 2024
• The rings were inserted around the rebar before concrete was poured.
  — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• There are swaths of mosaic tile on the floor, ghostly artifacts among the cars and concrete.
  — Penelope Green, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
• Lucie had been cut into eight pieces and her head was encased in concrete.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 1 Aug. 2023
• Instead of slamming cell doors, concrete and steel, there’s a sedge of sandhill cranes perched in a fallow field.
  — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2023
• If this type of concrete was to become widely used, one benefit would be to the climate.
  — Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
• But that means producing more concrete, a cause of greenhouse gasses.
  — The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 21 Mar. 2024
• Its cord curled over the concrete and ended at a small portable speaker at her feet.
  — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2023
• One of its driverless taxis drove into a construction area and stopped in wet concrete.
  — Andy Rose, CNN, 3 Oct. 2023
• In the church courtyard, a gray-haired man is sweeping up broken glass and gathering small pieces of concrete.
  — Claire Harbage, NPR, 4 Apr. 2024
• The concrete on the bridge will gradually develop cracks from stress and wear.
  — Yaghoob Farnam, The Conversation, 22 Mar. 2024
• The building is heavily famed in steel and concrete, with a six-foot-thick ceiling, Olson said.
  — Lawrence Specker | , al, 10 May 2023
• Allen knows that Atlanta’s clay is red, and Glendale, Arizona’s stains concrete.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024