It is a white rock that is usually sold in gravel form. From Wordnik.com. [Mexican Cookbooks] Reference
Most of our gravel is dark and covered with dark green moss. From Wordnik.com. [All About Jigs] Reference
Lately he has been digging up small orchids growing in gravel around the community he lives. From Wordnik.com. [The Bright Side of Frugality] Reference
The word gravel, which in General American is a collective noun, has here both a singular and plural form. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 2] Reference
I dig the real plants, and the gravel is conveniently bite-sized, so I can pick it up and toss it around with my mouth. From Wordnik.com. [Even so, Spring -- quickly come] Reference
It lies in sand or gravel, which is intermixed with mud. From Wordnik.com. [Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society] Reference
By this time I had put in operation what is known as the gravel pit. From Wordnik.com. [From Slavery to Wealth The Life of Scott Bond The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance.] Reference
What the gardener called the gravel path was black earth, moss-grown. From Wordnik.com. [The Incomplete Amorist] Reference
He told me that the gravel was the finest thing for drainage in the world. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O] Reference
All I ever found in the gravel was the paper body, what the gartersnake shed. From Wordnik.com. [Charlottesville Blogs] Reference
Only the Fellows and Scholars are allowed here; the gravel is the place for me. From Wordnik.com. [A room of one's own] Reference
We all stand on the upper part of the driveway, where the gravel is a little thin. From Wordnik.com. [Songs of the Humpback Whale]
Our rate of travel over the gravel was a small fraction more than two miles per hour. From Wordnik.com. [Spinifex and Sand] Reference
The movement and deposit of gravel, which is essential to spawning, was also affected. From Wordnik.com. [All Today's News - Sightline Daily] Reference
Growing in the gravel is the best patch of Verbena Bonariensis anywhere on the property. From Wordnik.com. [August Clues « Fairegarden] Reference
Try sowing some of the verbena in the gravel, that is where most of mine show up by themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Searching For December Bloom Day « Fairegarden] Reference
The gravel is a mere rubbish-bed, like a sea-beach, in which all things have lost their connection. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist on the Thames] Reference
Outside the gravel was a whitish clay that slowly darkened until it merged with the scraggly grass. From Wordnik.com. [The Magic of Recluce]
Standing next to it on the gravel was the black pickup I'd seen the day before outside the coffee shop. From Wordnik.com. [Killing Floor]
I've yet to speak to anyone who thinks the current resident of the 7th floor is worth his weight in gravel. From Wordnik.com. [Extra Fizz: Nickels’ New Gig « PubliCola] Reference
The car runs on two different suspension, brake and tyre packs, known as the gravel pack and the tarmac pack. From Wordnik.com. [SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator] Reference
Another shoal lies E. 3 miles, having about 30 fathoms over sand and gravel, which is a good fall ground for haddock. From Wordnik.com. [Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine] Reference
They settle, occasionally, on the ground, to pick up gravel, which is necessary to grind and digest the food of all birds. From Wordnik.com. [Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side] Reference
The plot should reapply originate styled by depending it on all bands with gravel, which is riled confidently often in gardens. From Wordnik.com. [Wii-volution]
Near this place, and near the upper edge of the gravel is a stream almost always dry called the Agua Hedeondo or stinking water. From Wordnik.com. [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society] Reference
To hear the out-door clerks sneezing, wheezing, and beating their feet on the gravel was a zest far surpassing Doctor Kitchener's. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of Edwin Drood] Reference
So yesturday Al and Mike put their backs into shifting the 'gravel'. From Wordnik.com. [Snell-Pym » Car Parking in a Quagemire] Reference
Well I don't actually have anything to add, but the word verification is "gravel". From Wordnik.com. [Cake Headlines] Reference
If the trays are filled with coarse material, such as gravel, the efficiency can be increased. From Wordnik.com. [3. Technologies] Reference
I am quite sure, too, that clean earth with some nice weeds growing in it, looks better than gravel which is dirty. From Wordnik.com. [Amateur Fish Culture] Reference
"Our gravel is all grass," H.O. said. From Wordnik.com. [The Wouldbegoods] Reference
Items such as gravel and reeds showed up on the screen as light blue. From Wordnik.com. [The Border Mail] Reference
Just use an appropriate fill material, such as gravel, in lower courses. From Wordnik.com. [Mother Earth News Latest 10 Articles] Reference
The device is designed to operate outdoors on uneven terrain such as gravel or packed earth. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Jewel of Opar is really cool, why it doesn’t grow in the beds, only in the gravel is a mystery. From Wordnik.com. [The Volunteer Gravel State « Fairegarden] Reference
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