macadam

• Water pooled on the black macadam, catching clots of reflective light, and the rain beaded on the shiny red paint of the Cherokee. —  One For The Money
• The macadam was pocked and cracked where the Jeep had burned, but there was no crime scene tape or charred debris to further mark the spot. —  One For The Money
• In my teens I thought of it as a monster shaped something like a bear, and I imagined its claws tapping on macadam or sidewalks, and I would turn quickly, just to check, and, of course, there would never be anything there, at least not anything untoward. —  F ;SF; - vol 099 issue 02 - August 2000
• Luckily they were on the main road; the macadam was smooth, and at that hour there were few other vehicles about The instant he had the pair trotting again, he glanced around- and swore. —  Stephanie Laurens - Lost and Found
• The ruthlessness of macadam, the pressure of fat tires, the scorching of engines, had not banished the thick grass which the country wants to give its roads, and would give to all its roads if the country were not being constantly "improved." —  Riviera Towns

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