Adjective : the pebbly beach at Nice. ,shoes with a pebbly finish. From Dictionary.com.
Now, I just dribble in water until the mixture is "pebbly" and forming small clumps of dough. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference
What children are not attracted by pebbly streams?. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
She did not look like a part of the pebbly roof now. From Wordnik.com. [Bird Stories] Reference
Far and wide was a waste of water and a pebbly beach. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Secret] Reference
The beach was narrow and pebbly, and the water calm and warm. From Wordnik.com. [Boys of Summer in Yonkers (Memoir Excerpt # 2)] Reference
Every diamond, and rock, and pebbly beach is a mine of Beauty. From Wordnik.com. [Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness.] Reference
And the pebbly bottom's glinting where the silvery minnows swim. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Hanging Fork and Other Poems] Reference
At its head a pebbly beach sloped up to a sea-wall, behind which. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
Five minutes later, the boat had grounded on the pebbly beach and The. From Wordnik.com. [Frontier Boys on the Coast or in the Pirate's Power] Reference
At the far end was a pebbly beach, where the birds were supposed to be. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in Tristan da Cunha] Reference
On the shallow, pebbly shore might be seen, here and there, scarlet flamingoes. From Wordnik.com. [Through Five Republics on Horseback, Being an Account of Many Wanderings in South America] Reference
The river here begins to be narrow and shallow, with pebbly banks, and clear water. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
Beyond these cabins the path leads to the pebbly and shell-covered shore of Poquott. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference
Turning a wooded curve, they came upon a grassy nook by a pebbly stream shaded with trees. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
Houses and hotels line the promenade on one side, a pebbly beach and the sea on the other. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
He had been up the creek several times to the lake where there was a beautiful pebbly beach. From Wordnik.com. [Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History] Reference
So they came to a meadow brook running shallow over a pebbly bottom but some five yards wide. From Wordnik.com. [The Seventh Noon] Reference
Pulling hard, the salmon forced me along the pebbly beach, with every ounce of strain I dared. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
Having secured a bed, he walked out into the pebbly street, and strolled into the market - place. From Wordnik.com. [Amos Huntingdon] Reference
He tilted my head up until my nose brushed against the pebbly whitewash and urged me to sing louder. From Wordnik.com. [The Big Name Buttons] Reference
The laughing waves were flowing with a soft and tranquil motion, and gently laving the pebbly shore. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands] Reference
On that particular date this happened pretty early, and I was on the pebbly strand by eight o'clock. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
A small, loose, rounded, pebbly stone, pea gravel can be raked easily to remove pet and plant debris. From Wordnik.com. [Pamper your pet's paws outdoors] Reference
The gentle ripple of the creek, lapping over its pebbly bed at the foot of the hill, was distinctly audible. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Gatling Gun Detachment] Reference
Dupre, tinkering at the canoe overturned on the pebbly beach, straightened and looked in the direction she indicated. From Wordnik.com. [The Maid of the Whispering Hills] Reference
Amazonian Valley, with the coarse, pebbly sand beneath, and the finely laminated clays above, to have been accumulated. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 106, August, 1866] Reference
There was no sand and they lay at night under the overturned boat on a pebbly beach softened by layers of tussock grass. From Wordnik.com. [Three Years in Tristan da Cunha] Reference
Past the family graves, where a pensive hour is spent, they walk to where a small sail is locked fast by the pebbly shore. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
To the pebbly ford above the "Waulk Mill" came Bryde, riding loosely with slack rein, for he was thinking much these days. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
Judge Garlock had a country-seat overlooking the Cayuga, scarcely a bow-shot from the pebbly shore, and he must have one too. From Wordnik.com. [Summerfield or, Life on a Farm] Reference
Tweed banks that the ripple of the stream over its pebbly bottom must have made a delightful lullaby for the toil-worn old man. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
The sand banks stretch like a crescent along the shore, the concave side turned to the lake, along which it leaves a pebbly beach. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 362, December 9, 1882] Reference
For answer, Eddie threw himself on the smooth pebbly beach, and hiding his face on his folded arms, sobbed bitterly, wildly almost. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (October 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
The young rower silently pursued his course across the lake; running his boat aground, on a small pebbly strand near a white cottage. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Story] Reference
Told to wait on the little pebbly beach until his superior officer joined him, he would stay there indefinitely; just as another lad, known to history and fame. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol] Reference
He touched his harp, and in the perfect silence was heard the strain of the mermaid's song, and through it the pleasant ripple of summer waters on the pebbly beach. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Spears And Other Fairy Tales] Reference
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