How to Use pavement in a Sentence

pavement

noun
  • He stopped the car just off the pavement.
  • The summer heat rose off the pavement.
  • Get out there and pound the pavement.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Mudd fell and hit his head on the pavement.
    — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • On one side, dry pavement and clear air.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Salt doesn’t stay on the pavement.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The tires slapped against the pavement, drained of their air.
    — Fox News, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Dogs can burn the pads of their feet on the hot pavement.
    — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • On the pavement, the names and ages of those who died are chalked.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 16 Jan. 2022
  • Spruill then fell to the ground and hit his head on the pavement.
    — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • One night her boyfriend beat her to a pulp with her face on the pavement.
    — Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • The man then pulls Sneako down to the pavement.
    — Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The pavement told the rest of the story.
    — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 18 June 2026
  • That work requires them to dig up the ground and the pavement.
    — Jessica Riley, CBS News, 8 June 2026
  • The metal bat still laid on the pavement next to a pool of blood.
    — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2022
  • Crevasses slice through the ice like cracks in pavement.
    — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Try to walk in the shade or on grass and dirt instead of pavement.
    — Mary Helene Hall | [email protected], al, 27 July 2021
  • Perhaps the hem of your jeans fray against the rough city pavement.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Medics tended to a youth who lay on the pavement with a bloody hand.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 2 July 2024
  • The boy was knocked to the pavement and at least one of the car's tires ran over him.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The video pans across the bridge and the sprawling gap in the pavement.
    — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 15 July 2022
  • Smell the rain on the pavement; splash in puddles; make mud pies.
    — Parents, 11 June 2026
  • Down the road, plates, beer cans and a paring knife lay on the pavement.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
  • But that didn’t stop the sales team from pounding the phones and the pavement.
    — Chris Degnan, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • 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
  • Her head smashed into the pavement.
    — New York Times, 21 June 2026
  • Kessler dropped to the ground, hit his head on the pavement and died a day later.
    — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 6 May 2026
  • Baxter then got thrown out of her car onto the pavement by the man.
    — Mary Helene Hall | [email protected], al, 25 May 2021
  • Blood pooled on the pavement near a sewer drain in the parking lot.
    — oregonlive, 30 Aug. 2022

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