How to Use sandstone in a Sentence

sandstone

noun
  • Follow a short spur path for views of the sandstone arch.
    — Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Veins of schist and quartz run through its fractured sandstone soils.
    — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 1 July 2020
  • Mesquite and sagebrush dot the sandstone cliffs.
    — Rona Berg, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • And even in summer, the ground floor is nice and cool thanks to thick sandstone walls.
    — Fiona Bornhöft, Architectural Digest, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The area has a short trail that leads to a narrow gorge of sandstone and quartzite rocks.
    — Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 May 2021
  • This collection of four is made of durable sandstone and cork.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The heavy sandstone crashed down onto people near the base of the cliff.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2019
  • But just around a few bends in the sandstone walls, life began to appear.
    — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 7 June 2026
  • The prints were made during a time when the sandstone and mud was soaked with water.
    — Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The colors available are black, deep brown, navy and sandstone.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
  • Some 400 feet of air yawned beneath him across a sandstone abyss.
    — Maya Silver, Outside, 18 Nov. 2025
  • There are rolling hills, sandstone outcroppings and dense forests of oak, mesquite and elm trees.
    — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Every crack and fracture in the sandstone showed up in the water.
    — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The trail that leads to an iconic natural sandstone arch has been a big draw for ages.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The walls of the narrow canyon are made from thousands of tiny layers of sandstone.
    — Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The town is a maze of narrow streets and regal, sandstone temples.
    — New York Times, 27 Aug. 2019
  • The tools were dug up from a sandstone layer within a present-day cornfield.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2025
  • There are stairs that lead up to the house made of red sandstone, according to the listing.
    — Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Atop that mesa, hidden in a sandstone coulee, our campfire burned a hole in the darkness.
    — Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2020
  • The first three stories are red sandstone, while the top two are a mix of marble and sandstone.
    — Shalbha Sarda, Architectural Digest, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Along the way, guests can stop and look around to spot the state’s stunning sandstone cliffs, inlets, and more.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2020
  • Guests are drawn here by that remarkable landscape, all red sandstone spires.
    — Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 19 June 2026
  • Climb stairs carved from the sandstone walls and hike in the shadow of these ancient rock structures.
    — Alicia Erickson, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The home, which took more than five years to build, was made with redstone, sandstone and granite sourced on-site.
    — Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The name comes from a series of sheer red sandstone cliffs that extend for more than 25 miles.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Across the reservoir, sandstone arches that used to be submerged are now large enough to drive a boat through.
    — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 7 June 2026
  • Expect to see mossy sandstone cliffs and forests of leafy oak and hemlock while crossing lots of streams and creek beds.
    — Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The temple will be built of red sandstone and rise to 161 feet at its highest point.
    — Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2020
  • The radar found other rocks in the area, but none of them were quite as exciting as the four-ton chunk of sandstone.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 3 Feb. 2018
  • Here, the river drops over a much smaller sandstone shelf, the entire length of the river.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 20 June 2025

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