Cobbled is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Cobbled meaning
simple past and past participle of cobble
Using Cobbled
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of cobble
- In the example corpus, cobbled often appears in combinations such as: cobbled together, cobbled streets, the cobbled.
Context around Cobbled
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cobbled
- In this selection, "cobbled" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, narrow, hilly, workers, streets, together and stone stand out and add context to how "cobbled" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and hilly cobbled streets and and its cobbled streets and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cobbled" sits close to words such as abatement, abductions and absurdly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cobbled
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
PPL been around since 1920, cobbled together from eight other electric companies. (12 words)
In the past, workers cobbled together vacation and sick leave or they took an unpaid leave of absence. (18 words)
That was because the Senate President had a tenuous hold on a cobbled together majority of 13 votes. (18 words)
It’s easy to spend an entire day strolling around Plaka, as many of the cobbled stone streets are zoned for pedestrians only…and it doesn’t take a great deal of imagination to think of exactly how it looked during ancient times! (43 words)
He is not expected to join the banner groups and brass bands on the historic city’s cobbled streets today, but North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll has said the leader should be there ‘to see what unity looks like’. (40 words)
The area, with its narrow, cobbled streets, is home to Vienna's oldest church, St Ruprecht's, and to the city's main synagogue, the Stadttempl, the only Jewish house of worship to survive the Nazi Kristallnacht pogrom in 1938. (40 words)
It’s easy to spend an entire day strolling around Plaka, as many of the cobbled stone streets are zoned for pedestrians only…and it doesn’t take a great deal of imagination to think of exactly how it looked during ancient times! (43 words)
Example sentences (20)
Afterwards, carry on towards the beautiful town of Varaždin and its cobbled streets and squares filled with elegant baroque and rococo architecture.
Better still, not many realise it, so you won’t have to compete for space in its trendy neighbourhoods, bars and cafés, and hilly, cobbled streets.
He is not expected to join the banner groups and brass bands on the historic city’s cobbled streets today, but North of Tyne Mayor Jamie Driscoll has said the leader should be there ‘to see what unity looks like’.
In the past, workers cobbled together vacation and sick leave or they took an unpaid leave of absence.
It’s easy to spend an entire day strolling around Plaka, as many of the cobbled stone streets are zoned for pedestrians only…and it doesn’t take a great deal of imagination to think of exactly how it looked during ancient times!
PPL been around since 1920, cobbled together from eight other electric companies.
That was because the Senate President had a tenuous hold on a cobbled together majority of 13 votes.
The area, with its narrow, cobbled streets, is home to Vienna's oldest church, St Ruprecht's, and to the city's main synagogue, the Stadttempl, the only Jewish house of worship to survive the Nazi Kristallnacht pogrom in 1938.
The cobbled-together Raiders offense isn’t going to make a significant dent in that durable Jets defense.
The first-ever Jingle Ball was a one-time concert cobbled together by the radio station Z100 back in 1996.
The Peak District has much to explore - from villages with quaint little cobbled streets to the beautiful surrounding countryside.
There are several restaurants and pubs located on the cobbled alleys such as The Mermaid Inn, Webbe's at The Fish Café (also a cookery school) or make a trip to Tibbs Farm Shop and Café in nearby Udimore.
The town is quaint and pretty with lots of independent shops, cobbled streets and lots of high-end eateries.
The trail then takes visitors across the courtyard to to explore the cobbled streets around the famous landmark.
To gain a better vantage, they cobbled together early observatory platforms in trees and the modern lookout was born.
Walking up the hill towards the church, I was struck by the narrow cobbled street that was reminiscent of a Victorian England backstreet.
Working with the companies, Reed’s office cobbled together a document laying out what the firms might agree to.
A notable feature of the new dual-carriageway, limited-access highway is that the slip-roads are cobbled.
Armed with selfie sticks and phones, the tourists flood into Santorini from everywhere — on dinghies from giant ocean liners, on coaches that zigzag up the steep hillsides, atop donkeys that clip-clop along the narrow cobbled streets.
As I made my way through the cobbled streets, past the patchwork of ceramic tiles adorning the store fronts and leathery old men chugging on cigars, the corners of my mouth stretched towards my ears.
Common combinations with cobbled
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- cobbled together 31×
- cobbled streets 19×
- the cobbled 9×
- narrow cobbled 4×
- cobbled street 3×
- cobbled stone 2×
- on cobbled 2×
- winding cobbled 2×
- twisting cobbled 2×
- of cobbled 2×