How to Use cobbled in a Sentence

cobbled

adjective
  • Pizza was born here; Sophia Loren was raised in its cobbled streets.
    — CNN, 1 Jan. 2022
  • The blacksmiths and carpenters are hard at work, locals sip their coffee, kids play on cobbled streets.
    — Kaya Genç, The New Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
  • But the plan to use hardware from previous space programs is a bit cobbled together.
    — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
  • The cobbled streets are lined with historic buildings, filled with boutique shops, cafés, pubs, hotels, and hostels.
    — Sean Patrick Flynn, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2021
  • The rest walk, bicycle or take the electric buses that ply the narrow, cobbled streets of the city’s old quarter.
    — New York Times, 28 Feb. 2021
  • After entering through the courtyard on a cobbled side street, guests ascend a spiral staircase.
    — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2023
  • The former shoe factory worker neighborhood is now attracting artists and nightlife to its cobbled streets.
    — Megan Wood, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2021
  • The bumping of baby carriages on cobbled pathways, children with cups of melting gelato, and afternoon nap times are in.
    — Carley Thornell, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2024
  • There’s plenty of footage of Marzel attacking Palestinians on the cobbled stones of this hallowed ground.
    — Batya Ungar-Sargon, The New York Review of Books, 17 June 2019
  • The countdown of all the cobbled sectors, the five-star difficulty rating, the dust and the mechanicals.
    — Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The cobbled streets of Brera have always had a boho feel, thanks to its most famous resident, the Brera art gallery.
    — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The night watchman’s camera-toting flock of 30 tourists, already charmed, follows his bobbing lantern down the narrow, cobbled lane.
    — Rick Steves, chicagotribune.com, 30 July 2021
  • The cobbled streets and crooked, narrow alleyways seem to go on forever, yet the main island of Gamla Stan is less than one mile across.
    — David Nikel, Forbes, 13 June 2022
  • An arsenal of Suburbans poured into the cobbled street of the hotel’s driveway to reveal glitzy guest after glitzy guest.
    — Isiah Magsino, Vogue, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Woodstock is a classic Cotswolds village with cobbled streets, antique shops, lots of pubs and access to sprawling parkland at Blenheim.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
  • Chic satin uppers and stretchy elastic straps feel soft against skin, and their eye-catching red outsoles boast excellent traction for navigating cobbled streets.
    — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Her concept store, Casa Kiki, is a few blocks away from Ocho y Media, down a cobbled street in a little heritage house.
    — Tyler Wetherall, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2023
  • The slough that harbored little bass in 2022 lay a few miles from the dam behind a cobbled sandbar sheltering it from the flow for a few hundred yards.
    — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Steeped in history, the locale contains outdoor markets, narrow cobbled streets, and breathtaking views.
    — Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Customers who want to buy off the shelf and open the bottle — either inside the candlelit wine bar or at an outdoor table on the cobbled street — pay a 10-euro corkage fee.
    — New York Times, 31 May 2018
  • Climbing the cobbled slope of Rue de l’Abreuvoir is a chance to travel back in time, bearing witness to a nostalgic snapshot of what this neighborhood used to feel like.
    — Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2023
  • On a cobbled street in Lviv’s historic heart, Borsch, a cafe once packed with moneyed European visitors, is struggling to manage.
    — New York Times, 25 July 2022
  • Here’s hoping Sagan is able to keep riding long enough to wheelie across the cobbled finish on the Champs-Élysées on July 29.
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 5 July 2018
  • After the vehicle set-off, Bruni was shown slightly hunched, walking down a cobbled alley back to the family home, embracing the couple’s teenage daughter.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The Dniester flows eastward, broad and unhurried, past cliffside monasteries carved into limestone cliffs and sleepy villages where roosters crow across cobbled courtyards.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • An Edwards Cinema is the anchor tenant, and Red Robin sits opposite, across a cobbled plaza, for pre- or post-gaming.
    — Alison Cook, Houston Chronicle, 7 June 2019
  • These shoes are inspired by destinations near and far, from the sidewalks of Manhattan to the cobbled streets of Athens, and can take you from the beach to the taverna with an easy glamour.
    — Kerry Pieri, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Also included in the mix of photos is a shot of the fiery sunset over one of the canals, a close-up of the city’s architecture, and photos of Madonna posing in a cobbled alleyway.
    — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Just a few steps across a cobbled pathway lie the atelier and one-year-old showroom, where Norlha’s fall 2024 collection is displayed on sculptural rails and chests.
    — Liam Freeman, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Menaggio and Tremezzo are a short drive away, while Bellagio—just 15 minutes by ferry—is ideal for a spontaneous lunch or stroll through the cobbled streets.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2026

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