dirt

Example Sentences

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Around sunset on Sept. 22, six days after Cynthia was last seen, a rural landowner was walking her dog on a private dirt road 40 miles south of Arlington when she noticed a foul odor.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

The 'terrao' - essentially a dirt pitch - where he grew up completed his football education.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

I grew up in Albuquerque, N.M., where my family lived in a one-story, brown-stucco house that had mostly boulders and dirt in the backyard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The house — one level, bright and airy, with concrete floors to smooth the path of his wheelchair — perches at the end of a steep dirt road.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

Knowing how smart that hundred dollar monkey was, I took the shovel and scattered the fresh dirt that had come from the hole.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls