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chalk

verb as in rough out

verb as in whiten

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Example Sentences

The Cadet turned suddenly with a surprised look, opened his hand and said ‘a piece of chalk,’ at the same time displaying it.

Heroin used to come in the same way, either packed in bundles of wax baggies or as chunks resembling sticks of chalk.

Notes were scrawled on a large white board, and “The Internet Association” was written in chalk on a blackboard.

Many who pay a pretty penny for a trench chalk it up to nostalgia.

Submit to his apologia for Murmelstein, or chalk this up to a case of a filmmaker courting controversy?

Henry gave his younger sister a gentle pat, as she returned with her workbag and fished for the chalk.

He looked up at Kip, his face chalk white in the uncertain light.

Chalk is a very pure form of carbonate of lime, and where it abounds has been largely employed as an application on the soil.

The best tooth-powders are made from cuttle-fish, prepared chalk, and orris-root commingled together in equal quantities.

He used a machine called a physionotrace which enabled him to make profile drawing in white chalk and in crayon.

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On this page you'll find 214 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to chalk, such as: chemical sedimentary rock, clastic rock, conglomerate, limestone, lithified sediment, and mechanical sedimentary rock.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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