How to Use paving in a Sentence

paving

noun
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  • And with all the new paving, the track itself is a lot faster as well.
    — Tony Baranek, chicagotribune.com, 31 July 2021
  • The cost of the remaining paving and bridge is $6.4 million.
    — John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Dec. 2022
  • The thwack of heat from a paving of black pepper on the pork ribs balances their meaty excess.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2020
  • This work will complete the paving of the 12-mile section of I-5 between Woodburn and Salem.
    — oregonlive, 26 May 2020
  • The largest line item, according to the city, is for $78 million in paving and street repairs.
    — oregonlive, 18 May 2021
  • The drainage work will take place first between mileposts 17-19 followed by the paving.
    — Rosemarie Stein, OregonLive.com, 8 June 2018
  • On Wednesday night, crews milled the road on side streets and Park Road, Sommer said, to prepare for the paving.
    — Emily Brindley, courant.com, 15 Sep. 2019
  • As part of the work, Downer will get its final paving as part of that sewer project.
    — Steve Lord, Aurora Beacon-News, 10 July 2018
  • The reclamation portion will be done during the day and paving will be done at night.
    — Mikaela Porter, Courant Community, 20 June 2018
  • There’s a thin gap in the paving at each end, and a gap of a few feet between the inner railing and the receding bluff.
    — John King, SFChronicle.com, 8 June 2020
  • New paving around the central plaza area will feature blue stone and granite, Hunter said.
    — John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 27 June 2023
  • Today, the house is getting new roofs, and the centuries-old paving stones are being re-laid in the courtyard.
    — Mark Stevenson, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2018
  • In many rural areas of the USA, this tar-and-chip method of paving is still used on thousands of miles of secondary roads.
    — Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2023
  • July 19 and 20 are tentative paving dates and will be done overnight.
    — Mikaela Porter, Courant Community, 20 June 2018
  • The council also awarded the bid for the city’s annual paving project.
    — Bob Blubaugh, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 19 Sep. 2020
  • Once the paving is complete, crews will add the finishing touches.
    — Susan McFarland, Dallas News, 27 June 2023
  • Years of old asphalt paving disappeared, as did a flag pole.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2022
  • Chip and seal paving generally lasts three to five years.
    — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 30 June 2023
  • The workers had been checking water valves to prepare for road paving, the statement reads.
    — CNN, 30 Sep. 2019
  • The remainder will be resurfaced as part of the city paving project later this summer.
    — Linda Gandee, cleveland, 6 July 2020
  • The street improved in 1916 when it was finally paved, three years after the paving of El Camino Real.
    — Katharina Woodman, The Mercury News, 23 June 2019
  • New rules for construction sites will be in place in June, and cities in the county will have to scale up road paving starting next year.
    — The Arizona Republic, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Crews will be performing both concrete and asphalt paving and might close lanes and ramps.
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The largest share of the $45 billion will be spent on highway work, street paving, bridge upgrades and the state’s transportation network.
    — Charles Selle, Lake County News-Sun, 12 June 2019
  • So for example, the paving of the lower grove was meant to attract tourists and enhance their visit.
    — Robert Earle Howells, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2018
  • In a statement, officials said that ancient paving stones were first discovered in the area in the 1990s.
    — Fox News, 14 May 2020
  • In fact that is already happening before the paving even starts.
    — Fabiano Maisonnave, ajc, 29 July 2022
  • City employees did not get a cost of living raise this year due to Woodfin’s focus on street paving and the pension.
    — Anna Beahm | Abeahm@al.com, al.com, 23 July 2019
  • Final paving of roads will be completed when the bus loop is paved, after a soil cement sub-base is installed for the loop.
    — Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2024
  • Some critics have said the city could spend much of the new revenue on employee pay raises, not infrastructure projects and road paving.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2024

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