How to Use petroglyph in a Sentence

petroglyph

noun
  • Among the walls can be found a piece of stone known as a petroglyph.
    — Laura Bednar, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2019
  • One of the stones features what appears to be a petroglyph of a mastodon.
    — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2023
  • And while some of the meaning has been lost to time, certain petroglyphs can still be read.
    — Hazlitt, 2 Aug. 2023
  • There are potsherds and petroglyphs all over, plus an old adobe cabin up in the arroyo.
    — Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Each group has left its mark, from ancient cave dwellings to petroglyphs and pictographs etched into the canyon walls.
    — Debbie Olsen, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The mound also has ancient petroglyphs and pictographs scrawled into its tan rock base.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Somebody has carved a perfect petroglyph of a sun into the sandstone.
    — Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Ancient petroglyphs—sheep, deer, a snake—are visible just five minutes along the trail.
    — Alison Osius, Outside Online, 31 Jan. 2025
  • These eight sites have ancient petroglyphs in locations that might surprise you.
    — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 18 July 2019
  • Pictographs and petroglyphs show that humans have lived here for some 8,000 years.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 12 May 2023
  • More than a decade ago, Zorro Ranch placed a vintage caboose on the trust land near a petroglyph site.
    — Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2019
  • The sea of sandstone is speckled with 2,000-year-old petroglyphs.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2023
  • The petroglyphs were carved about 7,000 years ago by the Paiute-Shoshone tribe, the site said.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 11 Mar. 2025
  • On Maui, time travel is written in ancient petroglyphs on volcanic stone.
    — Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026
  • But dozens of visitors each day climb down long ladders to inspect the cliff dwellings and numerous petroglyphs.
    — Frank O. Sotomayor, latimes.com, 8 Oct. 2017
  • Wolf said native petroglyphs preserved on the south end of the mound were unharmed in the fire, and that hikers could come view them when trails reopen.
    — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Capitol Reef is great for watching the sunset and spotting petroglyphs.
    — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The church did not directly acknowledge whether the petroglyphs had been damaged.
    — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The petroglyphs were created by people who lived in what is now Michigan centuries ago.
    — Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Pausing to appreciate ancient petroglyphs or a primrose that blooms for just one day.
    — Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
  • The cave walls feature petroglyphs, which are carved into the rock, Davis told the hikers, his words echoing off the cavernous walls.
    — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Walker cleaned it and discovered a petroglyph carved by an ancient ancestor — the first ever found there.
    — Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Roadrunners, javelinas and gila monsters thrive here, and petroglyphs can be found on rocks in the western district of the park.
    — Graham Averill, Outside, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Track Rock Gap is far from the only petroglyph site targeted by vandals in recent years.
    — Isis Davis-Marks, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Beyond eruptions and lava fields, the park also has miles of trails, native flora and fauna, as well as sacred petroglyphs.
    — Kait Hanson, Travel + Leisure, 16 May 2026
  • The review is rekindling a fierce debate about oversight of lands marked by ancient petroglyphs and towering mountain spires.
    — Morgan Lee, The Seattle Times, 27 June 2017
  • Two more petroglyph tiles are cast rogue from the rest, set into the floor of a lanai, beneath a round glass table where the Charlots often relaxed.
    — Matthew Dekneef Mariko Reed, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Although the ghost town left me unimpressed, the highlight of the trip was another petroglyph site near 21 Goats.
    — James Card, New York Times, 25 July 2017
  • That drawing that strongly resembles the Piedra del Sol petroglyph.
    — Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 17 Aug. 2017
  • But what draws people to Mouse’s Tank today are the ancient petroglyphs that have been etched into the canyon’s sandstone walls.
    — Hazlitt, 2 Aug. 2023

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