How to Use pavement in a Sentence

pavement

noun

• He stopped the car just off the pavement.
• The summer heat rose off the pavement.
• The guardrail was bent to the pavement, and the fence was ripped open.
  — Colleen Barry and Giada Zampano The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2023
• The tires slapped against the pavement, drained of their air.
  — Fox News, 11 Sep. 2022
• In some places now the pavement is only a few feet from the edge of the bluff.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2024
• The more traffic, the thicker the pavement needs to be.
  — Mansour Solaimanian, The Conversation, 10 May 2024
• Down the road, plates, beer cans and a paring knife lay on the pavement.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
• The pavement is complete, the striping is in place and the lights are up, Brightwell said.
  — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2023
• The rear tires couldn't grip the snowy pavement, and the fronts were nearly hub-deep in wet mud.
  — Frank Markus, Car and Driver, 9 Sep. 2023
• Here’s a good rule of thumb (or paw): Place your hand flat on the pavement.
  — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
• The sound of cameras flashing and heels on the pavement play in the background of the recording.
  — Megan O'Sullivan, Vogue, 20 July 2023
• Blood had flowed onto the pavement from a wound in his head.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
• Medics tended to a youth who lay on the pavement with a bloody hand.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 2 July 2024
• He was placed face down on the pavement and handcuffed.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2024
• The east half of the day use parking lot will have pavement removed and repaved.
  — Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 10 Mar. 2023
• Since then, members of the public have been able to see, but not step on, the pavement.
  — Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
• This was hot enough to warm the pavement to a hundred and eighty degrees.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2023
• That’s when bright sunlight reflects off the pavement on the street in front of my house.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 24 Sep. 2022
• Younge was sprawled face-up on the pavement, one arm across his chest and the other stretched out to his side.
  — CBS News, 3 Feb. 2023
• Jael was run over by the rear tires of the truck, and her little sister was thrown to the pavement, cops said.
  — Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 23 July 2024
• Moab may be the best place on the planet for off-pavement driving.
  — Kelly Bastone, Outside Online, 25 Oct. 2022
• Dog booties can help protect their paws when the pavement is hot.
  — Trilce Estrada Olvera, The Arizona Republic, 3 Sep. 2024
• If the pressure becomes too great, the pavement can be pushed up or break apart.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2023
• Neighbors told the outlet there was a hole in the pavement near where the teen was found that hadn't been there before the storm.
  — Gabriella Rudy, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2024
• Then, the assailants fled, as Darnell lay dying on the pavement, the eighth homicide in the city this year.
  — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
• There were bloodstains on the pavement and spent shell cartridges all about.
  — Matt Surman Anushka Patil Juston Jones Julie Ho Julie Ho Julie Ho Monika Pronczuk Emile Ducke Andrea Kannapell The New York Times Monika Pronczuk Anushka Patil Farnaz Fassihi Andrea Kannapell Carlotta Gall Cassandra Vinograd Cassandra Vinograd Michael D. Shear Marc Santora Maya King Michael D. Shear Marc Santora Michael D. Shear Cassandra Vinograd Farnaz Fassihi Farnaz Fassihi Farnaz Fassihi Farna, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2023
• Cruiser lights flashed blue and red, reflecting in the dark pools on the cold pavement.
  — Thomas Lake, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
• The alleged oil was used to separate the activists' hands from the pavement.
  — Hannah Grossman, Fox News, 13 Sep. 2023
• There are many types of boots dogs can wear to prevent them from burning their paws on the hot pavement.
  — Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2023
• This includes a pavement plan that evaluates city streets and maintains them when the need arises.
  — Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024