Sentence Examples

1. Every farmhouse had a molino de mano, a hand mill carved from basalt.
2. I venture south so infrequently, the unique harnessing of all that basalt visits me like a surprise.
3. The waiter arrives and sets down two wire baskets of croquettes along with bowls of dipping sauce arranged on a thin rectangle of basalt.
4. 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.
5. Flat basalt cobbles break the uniformity of the concourse.
6. The thickness of the wall, about a yard of basalt, affords some comfort.
7. 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.
8. A fresh wind blows my hair in my face as I head up the basalt steps to my car.
9. A path fringed with chunks of basalt leads to the entrance set within a stylish paved porch.
10. The ocean is still heavy after the storm, the tide high, waves crashing on the basalt reef, sending up fountains of spume.