rocky

[ˈrɑki]

Definition:
1. Abounding in rocks or stones.
2. Liable to rock.
3. Full of hardship or trials.

Use 'rocky' in a sentence:

1. The Rocky Mountains lie in the west part of america.
2. I'm John. I'm in Grade Eight at Rocky Mountain High School.
3. The rocky views glimpsed by the Nearer Nine and other Russian landers suggested a tortured volcanic history that was confirmed in the early 1990s by the American Magellan orbiter.
4. Study on the high rocky slope survey and its monitoring technologies.
5. seabirds nesting on rocky ledges.
6. The surface formed mostly in the last billion years, which makes it fresher and more recently active than any rocky planet other than earth.
7. We must imagine the early Earth as a mixture of rocky materials, metals, and trapped gases, subject to constant bombardment by smaller planetesimals and without much of an atmosphere.
8. In the rusty red deserts of South Africa, steep-sided rocky hills called inselbergs rear up from the plains like the bones of the earth.
9. Earth is a rocky planet where there is liquid water, which is necessary for life to exist.
10. It took us the whole day to trek across the rocky terrain.
11. Their trip through the Rocky Mountains was one for the book ( s).
12. The Rocky Mountains have rugged mountains and roads.
13. Experimental Research on Comprehensive Control Pattern of Rocky Desertification in Karst Regions.
14. They had gone through some rocky times together when Ann was first married.
15. The brave group of colonists finally had to land at Plymouth on the rocky coast of Massachusetts in December 1620.
16. These asteroids are like the terrestrial planets, in that they're composed mostly of rocky material and metals.
17. Loose collections of these ices and small rocky particles form into comets.
18. A walker fell 80ft from a rocky pinnacle.
19. I rode for hours along dirt trails flanked by bright yellow wildflowers, over steep and rugged2 hills, and past wide fields where farmers struggled to grow anything that would take root in the barren, rocky soil.
20. A walker broke his arms, legs, and pelvis yesterday when he plunged 80 feet from a rocky pinnacle.
21. The rhino broke away and ran not at us, but along the rocky bank beside us.
22. This Wednesday, a team tries to prove that people lived in the rocky hills of their area thousands of years ago.
23. This blocks awareness ． One chilly night when I was hiking in the Rocky Mountains with some students, I mentioned that we were going to cross a mountain stream ．
24. I have spent many a morning with my wife gathering mussels along the rocky beaches of Little Compton.
25. The olive tree grows in rocky places and it doesn't need much water.
26. No man has ever set foot on that rocky island; it's impossible to land there.
27. The probes have also made the scientists think that under its surface, Europa has a rocky core giving off volcanic heat.
28. On rocky hillsides, there are wooden huts and in wooded valleys, there are towns of brick.
29. Five hundred miles west of Iceland, he and his men reached an icy rocky mass of land.
30. The rocky peaks were flaming in the brilliant light, the snow-fields glowed and rosy clouds were floating overhead.
31. They are a rocky, lonely spot, but they are also one of the most unusual places in the world.
32. The implication is that the gases in the mantle came not from the sun but from the early accretion of rocky material.
33. Ecological Control of Rocky Desertification in Karst Area and Its Sustainable Development.
34. Primary study on soil physical and chemical properties in rocky desertification process.
35. When combined with independent information about their mass, the new data should reveal insights on whether the worlds are rocky or have thick atmospheres, even whether they have rings and moons.
36. If such an earthquake happened today, it would be felt from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean and would flatten most of the cities in the Mississippi valley.
37. One chilly night when I was hiking in the Rocky Mountains with some students, I mentioned that we were going to cross a mountain stream.
38. Thus, our picture of Venus at around the time life was getting started on earth is one of warm oceans, probably rich with organic molecules splashing around rocky shores and volcanic vents.
39. Preliminary study on the Rocky Desertification in land, yunnan Province.
40. Their relationship had gotten off to a rocky start.
41. She drives carefully up the rocky lane.
42. Its skin resembles that of another impressive predator and acts as camouflage on rocky seafloors.
43. The eagle was floating above the rocky crags.
44. "The galaxy has an inner clutch of rocky, sort of terrestrial-like planets," Butler says.
45. A titanic impact could have stripped away a portion of its rocky mantle, leaving behind a metallic core whose density is out of proportion with the original ratio of rock to metal.
46. They found a spot on a rocky platform where they could pitch their tents.
47. The land dropped precipitously down to the rocky shore.
48. The paths are often very rocky so strong boots are advisable.
49. I was working the overnight shift in a remote hospital in the Rocky Mountains.
50. A rocky headland jutted into the sea.
51. He began a career in journalism, working for the Rocky Mountain News.
52. Mercury is known to have a high density in comparison with other rocky planets.
53. The surrounding countryside is windswept and rocky.
54. The ship lay at anchor two miles off the rocky coast.
55. We walked along the rocky shoreline.