cobbled; cobbling
ˈkä-b(ə-)liŋ 
1
chiefly British
: to mend or patch coarsely
3
: to make or put together roughly or hastily
—often used with together or up
cobble together an agreement
cobble up a temporary solution
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Examples of cobble in a Sentence
Verb
expensive leather shoes cobbled in Italy
Noun
a street paved with cobbles
Recent Examples on the Web
Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024
The policy takes effect July 1. UW employees previously cobbled together vacation time, sick days or unpaid leave.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2024
More time is seemingly spent on shots of Scott wandering around stone steps and cobbled streets than interacting with other characters.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
Roughly one-tenth of workers are cobbling together a combination of work in the office and from home, and a similar portion are working entirely remotely.
—Ben Casselman, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
The Jack in the Box worker Jauregui, 52, has been cobbling together two salaries, working about 54 hours a week between the restaurant and a laundromat.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
The breakup in the state is a setback for India’s opposition unity as Kumar was instrumental in cobbling together an opposition alliance of more than two dozen parties to counter Prime Minister Narendra Modi in national polls due later this year.
—Baiju Kalesh, Bloomberg.com, 28 Jan. 2024
As a result, funding for the American Climate Corps had to be cobbled together from existing funding from seven agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Interior.
—Naveena Sadasivam & Kate Yoder / Grist, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024
The pair also devised an ad that showed a motley Beetle constructed of green and beige fenders, a blue hood and a turquoise door, which were cobbled together from models between 1958 and 1964.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
Where cows once grazed, farmland once produced food, and children went clamming (clams prefer sand, not cobbles), the land and habitat were gradually lost to the sea.
—Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2024
Think of cobbles and boulders instead of beachy (sand) bars.
—Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2024
There are many kinds of historical stone features – waste piles, cairns, scatters, lines, kilns, gravestones, cobbles, patios and more.
—Robert M. Thorson, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2023
But in the harsh landscape, the researchers found pebbles, cobbles, and boulders in addition to sand and silt and sediments rich in organic matter.
—Katherine Kornei, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2023
The experimental program added 8 acres of dunes covering a base of rock riprap and cobble, and planted with native vegetation for stability.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
Verb
Blazers coach Chauncey Billups cobbled together a starting lineup of Delano Blanton, Rayan Rupert, Justin Manaya, Kris Murray and Moses Brown.
—Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024
The policy takes effect July 1. UW employees previously cobbled together vacation time, sick days or unpaid leave.
—Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2024
More time is seemingly spent on shots of Scott wandering around stone steps and cobbled streets than interacting with other characters.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
Roughly one-tenth of workers are cobbling together a combination of work in the office and from home, and a similar portion are working entirely remotely.
—Ben Casselman, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
The Jack in the Box worker Jauregui, 52, has been cobbling together two salaries, working about 54 hours a week between the restaurant and a laundromat.
—Alina Selyukh, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
The breakup in the state is a setback for India’s opposition unity as Kumar was instrumental in cobbling together an opposition alliance of more than two dozen parties to counter Prime Minister Narendra Modi in national polls due later this year.
—Baiju Kalesh, Bloomberg.com, 28 Jan. 2024
As a result, funding for the American Climate Corps had to be cobbled together from existing funding from seven agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Interior.
—Naveena Sadasivam & Kate Yoder / Grist, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024
The pair also devised an ad that showed a motley Beetle constructed of green and beige fenders, a blue hood and a turquoise door, which were cobbled together from models between 1958 and 1964.
—Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
Noun
An example is in Ventura at Surfer’s Point, where a living shoreline – a base of cobble on top of sand that uses vegetation to help hold things in place – has helped protect a coastline that was previously suffering from severe erosion.
—Laylan Connelly, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
Where cows once grazed, farmland once produced food, and children went clamming (clams prefer sand, not cobbles), the land and habitat were gradually lost to the sea.
—Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2024
Think of cobbles and boulders instead of beachy (sand) bars.
—Alka Tripathy-Lang, Ars Technica, 11 Jan. 2024
There are many kinds of historical stone features – waste piles, cairns, scatters, lines, kilns, gravestones, cobbles, patios and more.
—Robert M. Thorson, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2023
But in the harsh landscape, the researchers found pebbles, cobbles, and boulders in addition to sand and silt and sediments rich in organic matter.
—Katherine Kornei, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2023
The experimental program added 8 acres of dunes covering a base of rock riprap and cobble, and planted with native vegetation for stability.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
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“Cobble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cobble. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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