Examples of 'rock' in a sentence
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The hills above the valley are bare rock.
A little way below the ridge was an outcrop of rock that made a rough shelter.
She sat cross-legged on the rock.
He and two friends were climbing a rock face when they heard cries for help.
She bent down, picked up a rock and threw it into the trees.
His body rocked from side to side with the train.
He stood a few moments, rocking back and forwards on his heels.
She sat on the porch and rocked the baby.
Three people were injured yesterday when an explosion rocked one of Britain's best
known film studios.
As the buildings rocked under heavy shell-fire, he took refuge in the cellars.
His death rocked the fashion business.
Wall Street was rocked by the news and shares fell 4.3 per cent by the end of trading.
He once told an interviewer that he didn't even like rock music.
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Romance revs up when you hear rock music.
The top half of the mountain is rock hard and the lower half is a slush pit.
He has also been rocked by the deaths of his brother and grandfather.
But we produced a performance that had the place rocking.
Rock and dance music blasts over speakers.
He's rock solid holding me in place.
IT'S not what you usually think of as the rock 'n roll lifestyle.
I talked to myself and rocked back and forth to stay warm.
Lift your feet a few inches off the floor and slowly rock backwards and forwards.
This is the rock and the hard place brought together.
They lay a single egg that hatches directly on to the bare rock.
The villagers are rocked by news of a murder!
They are also both wannabe rock stars.
She told me about the lecture and all the satanic messages in rock music.
Maths rock plus building anthems equals loyal crowd.
He has hardly moved from his rock.
If he were a stick of rock it would say football all the way through him.
To the left rose a cliff of rock.
That is because of rock movements caused by changing weather at the summit.
They suffered nasty cuts as they clambered over rock faces and waded through undergrowth.
Was the flute on top of a full rock sound an impressive feat of musical engineering
when you began?
Well last night they rocked and swayed to a more smooth, samba kind of beat.
Only the driving beat of the rock band Reef lifted the mood.
The Replacements were infused with great energy but also looked backwards to classic
rock.
You want your rock 'n' roll stars to have a good time.
The one staid foundation of her home, of her idea of her beloved father, seemed reeling
and rocking.
The champions have been rocked with the loss of two early wickets.
Has the world of medical research been rocked?
Anyone might think he was stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Was this rock music or real life?
Cinemas have opened and rock concerts been staged.
Locals live in huts under the shadow of its mud and rock banks.
The world is filled with rock stars who want to be actors.
How do you make a rock doc without any concert footage?
The blues was squarely at the centre of so much new rock music.
She was the rock of all organisations she joined.
The hoary old legends of rock journalism are seldom those who deserve a place in history.
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