How to Use quarry in a Sentence

quarry

1 of 2 noun
Definition of quarrynext
Synonyms for quarrynext
  • The city was known then for the sparkling blue lakes that filled former quarries.
    — Marc Santora Tyler Hicks, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Holes have been hacked in the walls of the quarry to try to access the catacombs.
    — Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Then, the dog disappeared over the side of a rock quarry.
    — Makiya Seminera, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024
  • About half of the moai were left in the quarry where they were carved and the other half were hauled up to 11 miles away.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The quarry is lodged on the side of a hill overlooking a broad wash on the Colorado Plateau.
    — Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The same stone, from a nearby quarry, is being used for the west facade of the new project.
    — New York Times, 28 Mar. 2022
  • This makes feral pigs a favorite quarry among hunters in that part of the world.
    — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023
  • The state park's trails circle the quarry, and traces of its not-so-distant past can be spotted along the way.
    — Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The former quarry has been the backdrop for scenes in 236 feature films.
    — Debbi Kickham, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Much to his relief, Richard Goodman didn’t have to go out in a boat to nab his wide-mouthed quarry.
    — Megan Molteni and Elaine Chen, STAT, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Gamblers have met at Hoodoo ski area and a pumice quarry in Chemult.
    — oregonlive, 23 June 2022
  • The 18-year-old was swimming at the quarry with friends, Procopio said.
    — Maeve Lawler, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The rainbow and brown species are the quarry for many who fish, introduced to the region in the 19th century.
    — Jim Robbins, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Perched on the quarry’s edge was a chain-link fence to prevent visitors like us from falling in.
    — Walter Nicklin, Washington Post, 16 June 2022
  • For many years, the site was a gravel quarry and later became a dumping site, the website said.
    — Gloria Casas, chicagotribune.com, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Rocks blasted loose from the quarry site in Mission Gorge were hauled 15 miles west to construct the jetties at the mouth of Mission Bay.
    — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2023
  • In the 1600s, when dogs were used in pack hunts of large quarry (bears, boars, stags, etc.), the canines would wear spiked iron collars for protection.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The two lobes of the quarry are separated by a high rock wall which supports West Avenue.
    — Graydon Megan, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Their quarry: baleen whales and the oil from their blubber, worth millions in today’s dollars.
    — National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • In the subsequent days, the pursuer seeks his vanished quarry.
    — Jack D. Grant, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 July 2022
  • Its open pit looks like a quarry reaching toward the seventh circle of hell.
    — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 13 Jan. 2023
  • This prevents further harm if your quarry is to be released.
    — Pete Robbins, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Stone from a quarry outside Verona, Italy, was used for the floors, countertops and walls, according to the listing agents.
    — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2022
  • In fact, the leader of that cell (Denis O’Hare) will end up trapped in the room along with his rich and formerly powerful quarry.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The type of habitat your quarry utilizes also plays a factor.
    — Josh Honeycutt, Field & Stream, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The rest, 341 men, were transported to Mauthausen in Austria, where most of them were put to work as slave laborers in a stone quarry.
    — New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Machnicki brought piece of stone from the grotto to experts from Bromberek Flagstone quarry in Lemont.
    — Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 24 Mar. 2022
  • In 2000, enslaved miners from the Kol tribe, in Uttar Pradesh, freed themselves by winning a lease for their own rock quarry.
    — The New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2021
  • From the quarry just at the end of Church Lane in the old village of Texas, about 40 large stones that are very similar to the original stone will be used for the new arch in the sanctuary.
    — Melissa Whatley, Baltimore Sun, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Built within a stone quarry, the centuries-old hideaway is where author Giuseppe Guin famously penned his novels (hence the name).
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024
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quarry

2 of 2 verb
  • Then, workers would have quarried the ditch around the statue later to complete the sphinx's body.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2023
  • It’s known as Lasa marble, quarried in Italy and brought in by a Vermont importer.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The pool and quarry her shop uses for training closed during the initial shutdown.
    — Washington Post, 17 July 2020
  • Its blue-limestone exterior, quarried on the grounds, illuminates in the cool sun reflected off the small lake to the north.
    — Josh Condon, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2023
  • This legacy has continued to this day with a controversial proposal to quarry and crush limestone from an open pit in Parleys Canyon.
    — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The baths were rebuilt in the fourth century and were still in use in the fifth; some parts were subsequently rebuilt in timber and may still have been standing in the 12th century, when the site was quarried for building materials.
    — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 1 May 2023
  • Its polished limestone flooring was quarried in Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus, and wood for its doors was imported from the Congo River region.
    — Jonathan Weil, WSJ, 16 July 2023
  • Czernek told jurors on Wednesday that Giannini first proposed the kickback scheme during a visit to the township quarry a few months after Czernek was appointed as highway commissioner in 2012.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2022
  • Decades ago, people actually did quarry Morro Rock, including with explosives.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
  • One archaeological survey found 59 different places where obsidian was quarried in some fashion.
    — Jim Robbins, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Then, workers would have quarried the ditch around the statue later to complete the sphinx's body.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2023
  • It’s known as Lasa marble, quarried in Italy and brought in by a Vermont importer.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The pool and quarry her shop uses for training closed during the initial shutdown.
    — Washington Post, 17 July 2020
  • Its blue-limestone exterior, quarried on the grounds, illuminates in the cool sun reflected off the small lake to the north.
    — Josh Condon, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2023
  • This legacy has continued to this day with a controversial proposal to quarry and crush limestone from an open pit in Parleys Canyon.
    — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The baths were rebuilt in the fourth century and were still in use in the fifth; some parts were subsequently rebuilt in timber and may still have been standing in the 12th century, when the site was quarried for building materials.
    — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 1 May 2023
  • Its polished limestone flooring was quarried in Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus, and wood for its doors was imported from the Congo River region.
    — Jonathan Weil, WSJ, 16 July 2023
  • Czernek told jurors on Wednesday that Giannini first proposed the kickback scheme during a visit to the township quarry a few months after Czernek was appointed as highway commissioner in 2012.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2022
  • Decades ago, people actually did quarry Morro Rock, including with explosives.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
  • One archaeological survey found 59 different places where obsidian was quarried in some fashion.
    — Jim Robbins, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Then, workers would have quarried the ditch around the statue later to complete the sphinx's body.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2023
  • It’s known as Lasa marble, quarried in Italy and brought in by a Vermont importer.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The pool and quarry her shop uses for training closed during the initial shutdown.
    — Washington Post, 17 July 2020
  • Its blue-limestone exterior, quarried on the grounds, illuminates in the cool sun reflected off the small lake to the north.
    — Josh Condon, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2023
  • This legacy has continued to this day with a controversial proposal to quarry and crush limestone from an open pit in Parleys Canyon.
    — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The baths were rebuilt in the fourth century and were still in use in the fifth; some parts were subsequently rebuilt in timber and may still have been standing in the 12th century, when the site was quarried for building materials.
    — Franz Lidz, New York Times, 1 May 2023
  • Its polished limestone flooring was quarried in Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus, and wood for its doors was imported from the Congo River region.
    — Jonathan Weil, WSJ, 16 July 2023
  • Czernek told jurors on Wednesday that Giannini first proposed the kickback scheme during a visit to the township quarry a few months after Czernek was appointed as highway commissioner in 2012.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2022
  • Decades ago, people actually did quarry Morro Rock, including with explosives.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
  • One archaeological survey found 59 different places where obsidian was quarried in some fashion.
    — Jim Robbins, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023

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