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• The sweep of the rocky Southern California coastline off Point Fermin.From the entry coastline
• The fontinal cliff vegetation occupies moist rocky banks, damp ledges, and dripping rocks.From the entry fontinal
• Within the Solar System, the rocky planets are the four inner planets closest to the Sun.From the entry rocky planet
• The land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains.From the entry alternate
• The rocky coast of Maine has few beaches.From the entry coast
• The rocky soil was diggable, but only with difficulty.From the entry diggable
• She could stand on a rocky surface, scoop up a gloveful of dirt, and explore extinct volcanoes and ancient canyons.From the entry gloveful
• In addition, the discovery offers key implications for understanding the habitability of rocky planets, the researchers said.2025 September 3, Julia Jacobo, “What are the mysterious blobs on Mars? Astronomers may have figured it out”, in ABC News. From the entry habitability
• It's been a rocky road for Caledonian Sleeper, but one that shows signs of recovery, albeit slow.2020 January 2, Richard Clinnick, “After some alarms, Sleeper awakens”, in Rail, page 48. From the entry rocky road
• While it is thought to be rocky, no one knows if water’s flowing on the surface.2019 September 12, “Scientists discover water, temperature conditions right for life at planet called K2-18b outside solar system”, in…. From the entry know
• Another factor is that ESOPs had a rocky beginning, which for a while made them appear sketchy.2016 September 8, John Case, “The Life-Changing Magic of Turning Employees Into Shareholders”, in The Atlantic. From the entry ESOP
• They were masters of mining and once lived beneath the earth or in rocky regions of Albenmark.2015, Bernhard Hennen, James A. Sullivan, translated by Edwin Miles, “The Children of the Darkalben”, in The Elven, Seattle, Wash.…. From the entry dwarrow
• The coast spurge is usually found on dry sites on both sandy and rocky coastlines.2015 October 17, David W Nellis, “Coast spurge (Euphorbia mesembrianthemifolia)”, in Seashore Plants of South Florida and the Caribbean: A…. From the entry coast spurge
• Shihu grows on the rocky land close to water in mountain valleys in Liu’an.2012, Li Shizhen, translated by Luo Xiwen, edited by Li Jingwei, Condensed Compendium of Materia Medica, volume 4, Beijing: Foreign…. From the entry Liu'an
• Segovia’s English rocky, but she had only the mistiest notions of what college was all about.2010 July 23, Joseph Berger, “The Latino Lag”, in The New York Times. From the entry misty
• Only a few lichens and mosses colonize the rocky walls of cirques and nunataks.2008, Andrea M. J. Coronato, Fernando Coronato, Elizabeth Mazzoni, Miriam Vásquez, “The Physical Geography of Patagonia and Tierra del…. From the entry cirque
• We had to cross two riverbeds and bounced across some pretty rocky terrain.2008, Harry Rutstein, The Marco Polo Odyssey, Bennett & Hastings Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 210. From the entry Yeyik
• Biagio consists of a series of artificial caves or tunnels in the rocky hillside.2007, Jennifer Larson, Ancient Greek Cults: A Guide, page 82. From the entry rupestral
• The lantern well fits the mist of design from the rocky swing of flying whiles.2007, Matthew Woods, The Chrysalis Time. From the entry workling
• I suspect it's a version of heavenly hash, which is a marshmallowier version of rocky road.1997 February 11, Mark Odegard, “English English or American English”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet), archived from the original on 19 Jun…. From the entry marshmallowy
• But Marin persists, and what ebullience and good humour, in the rocky ungentle loam?1922 April, Paul Rosenfeld, “The Water-Colours of John Marin: A Note on the Work of the First American Painter of the Day”, in John Peale…. From the entry bewail
• It is a slow and rocky process, one that rests on the world battling back successfully against the pandemic.2020 March 26, Mike Bird, Jon Emont, Shan Li, “China Is Open for Business, but the Postcoronavirus Reboot Looks Slow and Rocky”, in The…. From the entry postcoronavirus
• Over the weekend, engineers in China's mountainous southwestern Guizhou province linked the two ends of a bridge spanning a rocky gorge.2016 September 13, Ishaan Tharoor, “The incredible sight of China’s latest record-breaking bridge”, in The Washington Post (WorldViews…. From the entry Guizhou
• As we drove, we could hear the breakers crashing loudly onto sections of rugged windswept beach and rocky outcroppings.2016, Mark Dake, chapter 21, in South Korea: The Enigmatic Peninsula, Toronto: Dundrun Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 299. From the entry Pyeonghae
• So far, her attempts have been rocky.2016 August 8, David A. Graham, “The 2016 U.S. Presidential Race: A Cheat Sheet”, in The Atlantic. From the entry vaxxer
• They were scarfing up food, tanking up, knowing they would be freezing their asses off all day on that rocky ridge.2014, Lindsay McKenna, chapter 10, in Breaking Point, Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin HQN, →ISBN, page 140. From the entry tank up
• The dolphin is struggling, trudging as if it were a burro trying to go up a rocky incline—a sea donkey.2010, T. M. Shine, Nothing Happens Until It Happens to You, page 57. From the entry sea donkey
• Not to mention how to swim bare-bum down rocky falls.2009, John B. Duffield, A Cry for Help, →ISBN, page 21. From the entry bare-bum
• This ultramoist yet rocky drainage has been known for years as the richest fern paradise in the Pacific Northwest.2004, Art Kruckeberg, Karen Sykes, Ira Spring, Craig Romano, Best Wildflower Hikes Washington, page 109. From the entry ultramoist
• The ground was bad – rocky and hard.1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 195. From the entry jojoba
• But the soil there was very rocky.1997, Stepan Chapman, The Troika, Tallahassee, Fla.: Ministry of Whimsy Press, →ISBN, pages 185–186. From the entry apatosaurus
• Faith in God and in Christ can only become rockhard faith in a rocky fortress through God and Christ himself.1994, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Light of the world, page 120. From the entry rockhard

Meaning of rocky

1. adjective Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
2. adjective Like a rock; rigid, solid.
3. adjective Having a habitat around or on rocks.

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Questions about rocky in a sentence

How do you use rocky in a sentence?

Rocky is used as an adjective. For example: “The table was rocky, so we put a book under one leg.”

What is a short sentence with rocky?

“to have a rocky heart”

What does rocky mean?

Rocky means abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.