Sentence examples for over the rubble from inspiring English sources

But on Wednesday, Kumarshrestha's dream lay in a crumpled heap, with Russian, Indian and Nepalese rescue workers picking over the rubble of his Katmandu restaurant – and his family's apartment above -- looking for corpses.

Burst pipes gushed water over the rubble.

Instead, many troops and rescuers clambered over the rubble with sticks and spades.

Then he heard her footsteps go away from him, over the rubble.

The sound of tires crunching over the rubble driveway swelled and then stopped.

Not enough greenery, however, to make any sort of cushion over the rubble below.

He went to Jersey City with donated food and water, his aides said, and once accompanied firefighters on a ferry over to the rubble of the twin towers.

Clean-Up OperationRadios crackled as the men moved into position, picking over IS bodies in the rubble to grab an icebox full of chilled water from a frontline outpost as they took up firing positions.

Inside the embassy compound, an Iranian flag was draped over some of the rubble.

It takes time for Dhaka's ramshackle emergency services to arrive, so hundreds of locals clamber over and through the rubble, tearing at the concrete blocks and mangled metal with their hands.

This processional narrative reaches its climax with the hills, which will be partly built on the rubble left over from the demolition of the Coast Guard barracks and warehouses.