How to Use asphalt in a Sentence

asphalt

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  • The crash damaged two support beams and put a hole in the asphalt on the bridge.
    — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The high banks of the track and the car’s grippy fat tires hug Daytona’s asphalt.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • Patch and seal the surface of the driveway, filling holes and cracks with asphalt patch.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Burke was wearing shorts and flip-flops, and while the asphalt was clear, the trails and forests were patchy with soft snow and mud.
    — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 2 May 2023
  • Pirelli added a sixth dry compound to match the increase in asphalt types.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Black Lake is a slab of black asphalt that in the sunlight looks like water.
    — Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The asphalt was built to last Texas’ hot summers and spongy terrain.
    — Dallas News, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Of course, some people in town would love to see an asphalt truck come their way.
    — Jim Zarroli, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The bones of this rail system are still embedded in the asphalt that was laid over the rails in front of my house.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The top two inches of the road will be replaced with new concrete and asphalt.
    — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
  • In these damp conditions, a rear-drive Corvette would slip and slide across the asphalt.
    — David Beard, Car and Driver, 17 Jan. 2023
  • His 2004 Toyota Corolla dragged the rock along the asphalt, causing the car to skip along the roadway.
    — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The added warmth from the asphalt heated by the sun and any moisture that enters the crack allows some seeds to sprout.
    — Melinda Myers, Journal Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2024
  • After walking for about 0.78-mile on the asphalt road, arrive at a dirt trail on the left.
    — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The pavement in the Cochran Hill Tunnel will be replaced with new asphalt.
    — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 31 May 2023
  • Many did not make it across, their bodies were left lying on the cold asphalt.
    — Time, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The rail cars that fell in the water contained asphalt, molten sulfur and scrap metal, the EPA said.
    — Michelle Watson, CNN, 2 July 2023
  • Not the same cars, and not the same asphalt, obviously, but the same pattern of traffic.
    — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Out on the asphalt, my first laps are as expected: a bit wobbly, but fun as hell.
    — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Two adults were lying on the asphalt, each with what looked like third-degree burns and both struggling to breathe.
    — Nathan Thrall, Curbed, 25 Oct. 2023
  • That's what the best waterproof shoes for men are here for—helping your trudge through miles of wet, slushy asphalt.
    — Maverick Li, Men's Health, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Where once there was asphalt, there is now a thriving ecosystem.
    — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Horse manure plops onto the asphalt, and no one blinks or scrunches their nose.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • But soon the bumpy backstretch, the coarse asphalt and the competitive corners will be gone.
    — Greg Beacham, ajc, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Twigs of dead lingonberry and dryas shrubs drooped onto dirt the color of fresh asphalt.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Graffiti was found both on the brick face of the sanctuary building and the asphalt outside the main entrance.
    — Steven Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Tipping is a part of the city’s infrastructure, as entrenched as the asphalt.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Revelers dance and sweat on the asphalt to Black house music mixed with African and Afro-Latino rhythms.
    — Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The area surrounding the fountain has been covered with layers of asphalt over time, George said.
    — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Updates to the road will be part of the city’s maintenance plan when crews reseal the asphalt roadways every five years.
    — Susan McFarland, Dallas News, 27 June 2023
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asphalt

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  • In Sacramento, a 14-year-old child is pinned to asphalt and beaten in the face.
    — Jennifer Tsai, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Besides objects of the above type, the engine sucked in rocks and asphalt pieces from the taxiways and runways.
    — Clarence L. Johnson, Popular Mechanics, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The airport has a single, asphalt runway that's 3,554 feet long.
    — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2021
  • The facility will be used to produce a sealant to be applied to asphalt surfaces.
    — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 7 May 2021
  • The drop occurred across nearly all types of oil use, from gasoline for cars to asphalt and lubricants.
    — Dan Kopf, Quartz, 30 June 2020
  • The concrete on the bridges have been poured and asphalt work connecting the highway to the bridges is underway, the highway department said.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 16 Sep. 2020
  • An unrelenting, one-third-mile bullring, the track now has asphalt in the low groove on both ends that add to the challenge of getting the car handling right.
    — Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2021
  • The new parking will be largely permeable, and not asphalt.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Feb. 2022
  • How much fugitive dust and emissions would the concrete and asphalt plants generate?
    — Steven Litt, cleveland, 1 May 2021
  • Some worry that tear gas residue could stick for days or weeks to asphalt, walls, ventilation ducts and other places.
    — Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Buena Vista Baptist Church now worships a couple thousand feet from a methanol plant and asphalt depot.
    — Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021
  • In Cleveland, a plan has been scrapped to build concrete and asphalt plants on the Opportunity Corridor.
    — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 14 July 2021
  • Even for a person like me more accustomed to asphalt and concrete, there is romance in this future Old World, even stripped of the machines that have made the series and this review possible.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2021
  • That leaves 18 gallons for other uses, from making plastics and paint to asphalt and ammonia.
    — Bryan Pearson, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
  • One of these years legislators in this state will focus on human capital rather than asphalt.
    — Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 15 Nov. 2020
  • Rigolon acknowledged that having a large area of irrigated turf is preferable to asphalt or concrete.
    — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 July 2021
  • In places like the Phoenix metro area where concrete and asphalt absorb sunlight during the day and radiate heat at night, the urban heat-island effect pushed temperatures even higher.
    — Emily Wilder, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2020
  • But lobbyists and transportation experts expect an outsize portion of the pavement spending to go to asphalt, the material that paves 94% of America's roads and bridges.
    — The New York Times, Arkansas Online, 20 Feb. 2022
  • Other outlets for that federal funding include infrastructure projects like converting 34 miles of tar-and-chip roads to asphalt.
    — James Whitlow, baltimoresun.com, 12 Apr. 2021
  • Thomas says low-slope roofs have become more expensive than steep-slope, not because of the membrane, which is close to asphalt in cost, but because the removal and installation of materials is so labor-intensive.
    — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Those living in dense urban areas, surrounded by heat-absorbing concrete and asphalt with little green space, are especially at risk.
    — Ban Ki-Moon and Patrick Verkooijen, CNN, 17 July 2021
  • But lobbyists and transportation experts expect an outsize portion of the pavement spending to go to asphalt, the material that paves 94 percent of America’s roads and bridges (the other 6 percent are paved with concrete).
    — New York Times, 19 Feb. 2022
  • That’s especially true for low-income residents, who also disproportionately live in heat islands — areas where abundant concrete and asphalt soak up the sun’s rays and radiate excess heat, driving up the cost of staying cool.
    — Dharna Noor, BostonGlobe.com, 20 May 2022
  • These days, Little Village’s industrial corridors are home to asphalt plants, rock and metal-crushing facilities, oil and gas facilities, and of course, warehousing, Acosta-Córdova said.
    — Talia Soglin, chicagotribune.com, 15 Dec. 2021
  • In Sacramento, a 14-year-old child is pinned to asphalt and beaten in the face.
    — Jennifer Tsai, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Besides objects of the above type, the engine sucked in rocks and asphalt pieces from the taxiways and runways.
    — Clarence L. Johnson, Popular Mechanics, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The airport has a single, asphalt runway that's 3,554 feet long.
    — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 28 June 2021
  • The facility will be used to produce a sealant to be applied to asphalt surfaces.
    — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 7 May 2021
  • The drop occurred across nearly all types of oil use, from gasoline for cars to asphalt and lubricants.
    — Dan Kopf, Quartz, 30 June 2020
  • The concrete on the bridges have been poured and asphalt work connecting the highway to the bridges is underway, the highway department said.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 16 Sep. 2020

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