Sentence examples for against pavement from inspiring English sources

For runners in particular, adding biking and swimming to their repertory means less pounding against pavement.

"I'm doing the government's job with my own money," he yelled over the sound of the bulldozer scraping against pavement.

Cold air plus moisture equals snow, and ice, and a new year that we are still ringing in with shovel scrapes against pavement.

Newly endowed with Rollerblade-style wheels, snowboard decks and aircraft-quality steel frames, human-powered scooters, propelled by scuffing foot against pavement, have shot to the top of the Sharper Image sales chart.

A decade ago, before Mr. Eckhart moved here, he and Dirty ran on the sidewalks of Manhattan, and all that pounding of paw against pavement has taken its toll on the dog.

Mr. Zimmerman, now 29, has claimed he shot Mr. Martin, who was 17, in self-defense on a rainy night 16 months ago after the teenager attacked him, knocked him to the ground, straddled him and repeatedly pummeled him and banged his head against pavement.

The wheels of suitcases crunched against pavements.

I pressed my cheek against the pavement in prayer.

"I couldn't breathe, and he still kept trying to hit my head against the pavement".

Then she dropped to her knees and rested her head against the pavement.

His bright shoes rising and falling against the pavement made him appear to be dancing.