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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
gravel . - adjective
Perplexed ,puzzled ;baffled ;troubled .
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Examples
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First, I was hardly "gravelled" at the though of not appearing on Firing Line.
r_urell: William F. Buckley: Father of Modern "Conservatism" r_urell 2010
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As for the garden, originally but a small one, it had now been reduced to a kind of gravelled yard by the erection of the large workshop at one end of it.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Complete ��mile Zola 1871
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As for the garden, originally but a small one, it had now been reduced to a kind of gravelled yard by the erection of the large workshop at one end of it.
The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 2 ��mile Zola 1871
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As for the garden, originally but a small one, it had now been reduced to a kind of gravelled yard by the erection of the large workshop at one end of it.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete Lourdes, Rome and Paris ��mile Zola 1871
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It is needless to say a great concourse, in every variety of vehicle and on foot, streamed from east to west through the "gravelled" streets, lined with soldiers and policemen, before the barriers were put up.
Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 Sarah Tytler 1870
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Set in a rambling turn-of-the-century townhouse, it lives up to its name with a shady, gravelled garden, but the high point is the roof terrace, which has loungers, hammocks and a sweeping view over the city and surrounding hills.
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Velvet lawns, gravelled walks and drives, and flowers formally growing, led up to the group of long low buildings, some of frame and some of concrete.
CHAPTER XXIV 2010
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Ever, day and night, the motor cars honked up and down the gravelled drives.
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Mr. Nickerson, with a large force of men, cleared and gravelled some of the main streets and every other street running crosswise, and named all of them, using as far as possible nautical terms.
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Mr. Nickerson, with a large force of men, cleared and gravelled some of the main streets and every other street running crosswise, and named all of them, using as far as possible nautical terms.
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