Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of quarry
Noun
Right now, the quarry uses trucks to move materials.—Steve Osunsami, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2025 The residence is built into the surrounding slopes, constructed from local materials including limestone from a nearby quarry and sand from the Wisconsin River.—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2025
Verb
The Altar Stone seems to have traveled the greatest distance, but the bluestones—turquoise in the diagram on the left—were quarried 140 miles away, in Wales, and even the nearest stones were dragged 14 miles.—Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025 The jail was built in 1837 for $4,000 from stone quarried on the site.—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 15 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for quarry
In late 2019, a telemarketing company in the Little Rock, Arkansas, area fell prey to a crippling ransomware attack.
—
Harry Kazakian,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
The results also indicate that megalodon populations living in different habitats had slightly contrasting diets, potentially because of differing prey availability.
—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
The statement follows the Arctic island granting a permit this week to a Danish-French consortium to mine a rock critical to aluminum production.
—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
As the magma approaches Earth’s surface, degassing and circulation of hydrothermal fluids further concentrate the gold in veins and clusters, forming a deposit that can be mined.
Fidel Martinez delves into the latest stories that capture the multitudes within the American Latinx community.
—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
One of their most notable exhibitions, Children of the Sun, held at Sotheby’s in Beverly Hills in April, delved into the divine beauty of childhood and the enduring connection to our inner child.
Share