Sentence examples for berm of from inspiring English sources

Qaddafi and a few loyalists made it into a pair of drainpipes buried in the earthen berm of a road.

Here the sand berm of the Israeli border is visible to one side, and the concrete border wall ahead.

The governor, Sarah Palin, did not bother to call Mackey's team, which rested on a berm of snow beyond the arch a few yards from Mackey.

"I'm haunted by the image of a knot of bored and restless people standing near a berm of freshly turned earth and beside an open grave.

Will Allen, a farmer of Bunyonesque proportions, ascended a berm of wood chips and brewer's mash and gently probed it with a pitchfork.

Surging waters immersed much of the project, including the central green, a 52,200-square-foot bowl formed by a berm of natural grass wrapping around a flat playing surface of synthetic turf.

In lower areas, berms of acorn caps, twigs, leaves, and small stones accumulate.

At the height of the spill in June, BP committed $360 million to build the berms, of which $140 million remains.

At Seal Beach and Carlsbad, berms of sand are being pushed up to protect the beachfront homes from being swept away.

The storm downed palm fronds and flooded a few parking lots, but the storm surge was not enough to breach berms of sand protecting beachfront hotels and condominiums.

Every other road into the city appeared to have been blocked by ditches or berms of stones and earth thrown up by the Israeli Army.