Boulders
['boldɚ]
Examples
- Robert Jordan climbed up, over and around the gray boulders that were wet now under his hands as he pulled himself up. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- From the gorge came the noise of the stream in the boulders. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The boulders below them that had been wet as the snow melted were steaming faintly now in the hot sun. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Pilar was climbing up to them, making heavy going of it in the boulders. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- A long, sloping hillside, dotted with gray limestone boulders, stretched behind us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Throughout a large part of the United States, erratic boulders and scored rocks plainly reveal a former cold period. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Let us sit here, Selden suggested, as they reached an open ledge of rock above which the beeches rose steeply between mossy boulders. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He had slipped the pack off and lowered it gently down between two boulders by the stream bed. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Drift, sand, rubble, boulders, come next; and finally volcanic products, like lava, ashes, pumice. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Then he stood beside Primitivo in a hollow behind two boulders and the short, brownfaced man said to him, They are attacking Sordo. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Erratic boulders have, also, been noticed on the Rocky Mountains. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
Edited by Glenn