How to Use pave in a Sentence

pave

verb
  • The crew was paving the road.
  • Some of the roads were paved over.
  • It was said that this country was so rich, the streets were paved with gold.
  • The driveway is paved with concrete.
  • Thank you for paving a path to peace.
    — Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Yet a rainstorm can shut paving down.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Thanks for paving the way in a profound way.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 May 2026
  • This is what a place looks like when its streets are paved with gold.
    — Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Most roads wasn’t paved—or not paved proper.
    — David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The home’s sprawling pool deck is paved in red brick.
    — Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 8 June 2026
  • But a route will need to be paved for Barron soon enough.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2026
  • That really helped pave the way and break the ice.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2026
  • That work could pave the way for studies in people.
    — Avi Patel, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026
  • How much are their paths paved by their own decisions?
    — CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The road to success is always paved with bumps.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • In rural areas, more roads have been paved.
    — Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Trust paves the way for honesty and healing.
    — Crystal Cene, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The two will co-exist and also pave the way for more plans.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026
  • Artists continue to pave that road.
    — Thomas Rom, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026
  • But Ortiz is also paving a path of his own.
    — Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • And the street is paved with asphalt so thick that the sidewalks are not aligned with it.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • But more stocks than just Big Tech have paved the way higher.
    — Krystal Hur, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Rome paved the way for other chefs coming into the area.
    — Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu, Bon Appetit Magazine, 17 June 2026
  • Some of it was used as ballast to pave the streets of London.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
  • The Great War paved the way for Great Books.
    — Colton Valentine, New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2026
  • This is one of the vehicles that paved the way for the franchise.
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Patch and repair crews from the county fix the holes in between paving.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 May 2026
  • Miami’s defense helped pave the way for the win.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Phase one—39 build-ready lots—sold out in record time, many before roads were even paved.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The Lebanese government hopes the talks will pave the way to an end to the war.
    — ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026

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