COBBLE in a Sentence

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For COBBLE, below is one of 6 sentences:
He stood still and gazed up at the sombre porch of the morgue and from that to the dark cobbled laneway at its side.

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 Meanings and Examples of COBBLE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
cobble
 v.  repair or mend
 n.  rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads
Classic Sentence:
1  We passed Port Roosevelt, where there was a glimpse of red-belted ocean-going ships, and sped along a cobbled slum lined with the dark, undeserted saloons of the faded gilt nineteen-hundreds.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
2  He stood still and gazed up at the sombre porch of the morgue and from that to the dark cobbled laneway at its side.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
3  It's the old woman's tricks to be giving cobbling jobs.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 126. The Life-Buoy.
Example Sentence:
1  The diplomats cobbled an agreement together.
2  A long cobbled street bisects the town from east to west.
3  The group had cobbled together a few decent songs.