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Meaning of "was quarried"

was quarried: Describes the process of extracting stone, minerals, or other materials from a quarry. It suggests that the substance was mined or harvested from a natural source, often for construction or industrial purposes

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The limestone was quarried east of the village.
The place where fei was quarried.
Alabaster was quarried out of the eastern desert.
Limestone for building was quarried locally.
Stone was quarried throughout centuries here.
The stone used for construction was quarried on site.
Gritstone was quarried for building stone in the area.
Coal was mined and stone was quarried.
The masonry was quarried and worked by prisoner labour.
Three attempts were made before an acceptable piece was quarried.
The sandstone was quarried from the surrounding hills.
The schist that makes up its walls was quarried locally.
The stone was quarried locally.
The stone for the stairways was quarried and.
The sling stone was quarried from basalt and coral.

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The structure was constructed from stone that was quarried on the island.
Obsidian was quarried on the mountain.
The stone for the tower was quarried locally.
That was quarried for.
It cracked as it was quarried.
The crater rim was quarried on the south and east side.
The tower is made from bunter sandstone which was quarried in the vicinity.
Blue metal was quarried and carried out of the quarry by horse and cart.
The stone used for this building was quarried about a mile north of here.
The cap was quarried on the first try while the base required three attempts.
Sandstone for the cottage was quarried on the hillside behind.
The church is built of white marble and blue quartzite which was quarried locally.
The stone for the exterior was quarried from the site where the church was built.
During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries much of the hill was quarried for chalk.
Its public law content was quarried for arguments by both secular and ecclesiastical authorities.
The breakwaters were constructed mainly civilian contractors but all the stone was quarried by convicts.
This natural resource was quarried and used for the foundations and facings of the building.
The pink granite covering the building was quarried in Spain.
The building material was quarried on the spot from the stone plateau of the Humberg.
In Waterford there was an outcrop of slate that was quarried for roofing.
Sandstone was quarried in Düdinghausen and to a large extent near Münchehagen.
Harston was the last place in Leicestershire where iron ore was quarried.
That we know was quarried in Egypt.
The name Newtyle rather implies that there was another place where sandstone was quarried previously.
For several centuries coquina was quarried here for the construction of Odessa.
The limestone used in the home 's construction was quarried on site.
The stone for these buildings was quarried from the bed of the nearby Darr River.
The green sandstone used in the construction of the castle 's walls was quarried nearby.
About of rock for building the causeway was quarried from a mountain on Cape Porcupine.
The stone was quarried from granite boulders found on Mad River near Humboldt Bay.
Black limestone from the Chazy Formation was quarried on the island.
Copper was quarried here in the Bronze Age.
The granite used in the Harbour Bridge pylons was quarried in the area.
Its stone was quarried near the Guadalupe River.
The granite for the Sydney Harbour Bridge pylons was quarried in the area.

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Some were quarried for their building stone
Famous from antiquity and still being quarried
The stone has been quarried in the past
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