[
US
/ˈɹɑki/
]
[ UK /ɹˈɒki/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈɒki/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
abounding in rocks or stones
stony ground
rocky fields
bouldery beaches -
full of hardship or trials
they were having a rough time
the rocky road to success -
causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements
a rough ride -
liable to rock
on high rocky heels
How To Use rocky In A Sentence
- The snow relented and we were back to a rocky descending path.
- Winfrey interviewed Cruise at his mountaintop home near Telluride, Colorado, surrounded by the snow-capped Rocky Mountains.
- Along the rocky paths Buddhist monks appear like ghosts and vanish mysteriously into the trees.
- There is only one port along this rocky coast.
- Tick-borne diseases in the United States include Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, tularemia, babesiosis, Colorado tick fever, and relapsing fever.
- It looks like a preying mantis, has a huge hook to snare its prey and is coming to a rocky shoreline near you.
- A rocky shore almost certainly provides a clearer echo than a sandy slope or mud flat.
- This certifies that the bearer is a Volunteer Junior Assistant Deputy co-operating with the police force of Rocky Beach. THE MYSTERY OF THE PURPLE PIRATE
- Watson had grown up on the rocky coast of New Brunswick in a village with the lyrical name Saint Andrews by the Sea. The Whale Warriors
- We rode hardish (some people would have called it a hand-gallop) most of the way; up hill and down, across the rocky creeks, through thick timber. Robbery Under Arms