Sentence examples for eroded stone from inspiring English sources

Hoodoos are composed of soft sedimentary rock and are topped by a piece of harder, less easily eroded stone that protects the column from the elements.

Much of the eroded stone was replaced by sandstone from quarries at Runcorn, but not everyone was happy with the scale and nature of Scott's restoration.

The work involved substantial renovations that included replacing the eroded stone, infilling some of the piers with concrete to aid stability and improving drainage by separating the bridge from the aqueduct.

"Rocks" alludes to Chinese "scholars' rocks" — intricately eroded stones prized as objects of meditation.

"I've thought so much lately about what erosion means – how the same geologic principles that erode stone also erode us closer to the essence of who we want to become," she said.

A quiet and undeniable grace wraps the small hills and deep shaded glens, a bucolic rural air hangs over the long, silent, tree-lined streets and seemingly endless vista of slowly eroding stone markers.

The traditional plaster, joss, does not erode stones over time the way cement does, Mr. Ayssa said, and is more durable.

Several weeks ago, the Jay Cashman Company of Boston moved in cranes and other materials, including 160 stone-filled polyetheline mattresses -- each 4 inches thick, 6 feet wide and 20 feet long -- to shore up the eroded rock.

The downpours turned to floods, and the rising torrents slowly eroded the stone wall surrounding the White House.

Although the angel was vandalised in the early 1960s, the tomb was relatively unscathed until 1985, when the graffiti started, with lipstick grease eventually beginning to erode the stone.

But personal relationships, personal stories, and personal experiences are the water that will erode the stone of the hardened heart.