Sentence Examples

1. Flat basalt cobbles break the uniformity of the concourse.
2. Fernando leads the way round the side of the fort and down a flight of carved basalt steps that follow the curve of the promontory.
3. The ocean is still heavy after the storm, the tide high, waves crashing on the basalt reef, sending up fountains of spume.
4. A formal garden of raked picón, decorated with a smattering of smooth basalt stones and a few boulders, and containing nothing save a row of sedges at the edges, greets visitors on their way to the museum entrance.
5. The waiter arrives and sets down two wire baskets of croquettes along with bowls of dipping sauce arranged on a thin rectangle of basalt.
6. A fresh wind blows my hair in my face as I head up the basalt steps to my car.
7. A path fringed with chunks of basalt leads to the entrance set within a stylish paved porch.
8. The thickness of the wall, about a yard of basalt, affords some comfort.
9. Every farmhouse had a molino de mano, a hand mill carved from basalt.
10. I venture south so infrequently, the unique harnessing of all that basalt visits me like a surprise.