Beyond the rim of smooth stones that make up the beach is mud.
There's a rink, two bull's-eye targets and smooth stones to slide.
Occasionally quoins are dressed, smooth stones to contrast with walls of rough rubble masonry.
The ice cream desserts look like smooth stones, an illusion enhanced by a mosslike dusting of powdered green tea.
Kebede's house was small but elegantly constructed, of big smooth stones contrasting with a door deliberately made of rough wooden planks.
"I cannot walk in these, for I am unused to it," he said (in Robert Alter's translation), and picked up those five smooth stones.
It had been a long time since I walked barefoot, so my feet were sensitive to even the smooth stones on the riverbed.
Put smooth stones together with flowing water and you have the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain in London, designed by the American landscape artist Kathryn Gustafson.
The top was flat, with sparse vegetation dotted with big smooth stones, where we ate our picnic while screaming skylarks twirled above.
The Old City of Damascus is known for its tranquil atmosphere, with vine-covered alleys, cafes and worshipers resting on the smooth stones of the Umayyad mosque courtyard.
