How to Use on the rocks in a Sentence

on the rocks

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• There were flakes of gray ash on the rocks, and the choking stink of wet soot.
  — Madhuri Vijay, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026
• The sun shines on the rocks, which heats them and warms nearby waters.
  — Kristine Fischer, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026
• Circling above, a bird glimpses what at first glance looks like a plump spider climbing on the rocks.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026
• Now with her son on the rocks, the mom instructed him in Spanish to jump over to me from the rocks.
  — Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2026
• While one couple is on the rocks, another is just finding their footing.
  — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 July 2026
• Douglas was married at the time, though described his relationship with Luker as on the rocks.
  — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
• Sip one on the rocks during apéro while the sun sets, or have one with lunch or dinner on the deck or inside if the area’s famous mistral winds are blowin’ up your spot.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026
• While On The Rocks does serve whiskey on the rocks, a mignon menu dish is actually the muse behind the moniker.
  — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026
• And Paul Baker may be on the rocks with Issa based on how poorly their relaxing home date-night goes.
  — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
• Before long, though, the drone operators ignore a low-battery signal, and the machine plummets to the ground and dies on the rocks.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Dec. 2016
• The walk there can be a pretty lengthy hike if done on foot, but the trail leads you to a small, secluded swimming cove where visitors sunbathe on the rocks and swim in the sparkling sea.
  — Kasey Busiel, Vogue, 17 July 2026
• And lest the episode linger too long on sentiment, the final scene was hilariously punctuated by the body landing on the rocks instead.
  — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026
• Wind down the day with a Spritz or Tuba negroni at the Tuba Club Restaurant, where tables are planted on the rocks, where waves pound below.
  — Mary Holland, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 July 2024
• Birds and other pollinators, like bees and butterflies, will appreciate the opportunity to pollinate nearby or the chance to rest on the rocks.
  — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2026
• By 1810, relations between France and Russia were on the rocks, and Europe was hopping toward yet another war.
  — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 July 2026
• Look out for the 19th-century Whalers Cabin and marine mammals basking on the rocks in secluded Sea Lion Cove.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 June 2026
• But alas, eventually all involved have to get down to business and actually contend with the plot beats of Hoover’s story, which is when the movie careens off a cliff, plummeting past so-bad-it’s-good and crashing on the rocks of agonizingly dumb.
  — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
• In the months leading up to the tragic crash, Russo's mother, Christine, said the couple were on the rocks, often fighting and making threats toward one another, per Ohio Supreme Court documents.
  — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026
• The Sonoma County Sheriff's Office said it, along with Cal Fire, the North Sonoma Coast Fire Protection District, and the Coast Life Support District responded to the report of a person on the rocks approximately 100 yards offshore.
  — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
• Carbon on the rocks The detection of Bright Angel carbon came from SHERLOC (Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals), a UV Raman spectrometer fitted on Perseverance’s robotic arm.
  — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 4 July 2026