How to Use rocky in a Sentence

rocky

adjective
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  • To see the fourth rocky planet, of course, just look around you!
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • Guy revealed that the end of the school year proved a bit rocky for his youngest son.
    — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 17 June 2023
  • Rex the lion stood atop a tall, rocky promontory at the rear of the float.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Visitors to the beach take a dirt road and descend a rocky path.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Together, the three climbed over the rocky barrier to get away from the flames.
    — Joshua Partlow, John Farrell, Brady Dennis, Brianna Sacks and Joanna Slater, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Aug. 2023
  • But none of them can match the beauty of these frozen gold flames of resinous wood, twisting up from the rocky, white dolomite soil.
    — Paul McHugh, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Meta’s Threads launch coincides with the tail end of a rocky week for Twitter.
    — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
  • It’s been a rocky stretch, his jump shot abandoning him as the turnovers and losing have piled up.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The transition to the digital age has been rocky at best.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The road turned into a rutted trail, and the trail disappeared through rocky canyons.
    — Eli Saslow Erin Schaff, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The rocky crags and waterfalls along this steep stretch evoke the drama of the Rockies — but much closer to home.
    — Patricia Harris and David Lyon, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
  • John Legend and Carl Radke's first meeting got off to a rocky start.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
  • They are often found in steep and rocky terrain, like in mountains or along cliffs.
    — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 12 Feb. 2024
  • To say the start of their run as owners was rocky is an understatement.
    — cleveland, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The car’s tracks had run along a road’s shoulder and rocky berm before veering farther away from the paved road.
    — Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 6 July 2023
  • Kids laying on foam mattresses, stacked on the rocky ground.
    — Matt Ozug, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Or children who aren’t yet able to traverse rocky or steep inclines?
    — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Red-tiled buildings dotted the rocky hills, amid thick olive and pomegranate groves.
    — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Here, around one particular star on the Local Arm, eight planets formed around the sun—four rocky and four gaseous.
    — WIRED, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Here, around one particular star on the Local Arm, eight planets formed around the sun — four rocky and four gaseous.
    — Quanta Magazine, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Dragging his luggage and two pillows down a rocky path through the woods, Oak looks determined to find his way to the commune.
    — Jp Mangalindan, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The bravest and most foolish hikers plunged on through, ice-cold whitewater up to their knees, a steep rocky drop below.
    — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • Avoid walking through tall grass, rocky areas or other places where snakes may hide.
    — The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024
  • On a rocky ship or a turbulent plane, the inner ear senses movement.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2023
  • These daredevils thrive in the world’s most isolated, inhospitable places, such as the rocky ranges of the Andes and the Himalayas.
    — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Their rocky depths could be used to bottle up blasts from small atom bombs or large subcritical tests.
    — William J. Broad, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • After a rocky start to the season, the Sox’ rotation should bring some optimism.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 14 May 2023
  • The innermost of those worlds, thought to be rocky and nearly four times the mass of Earth, will evaporate within a few hundred years.
    — Quanta Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Nick, 31, was also seen having a beer on the boat in a different clip while getting wet as the waves got a little rocky during the trip.
    — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Since the early 2000s, China has been expanding rocky reefs and sand bars that speckle the waters of the South China Sea in order to strengthen its claims over the waters that surround them.
    — Emily Feng, NPR, 11 Apr. 2024

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