earthiness
Example Sentences
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A violin floats between the guitars, evoking country earthiness with an elegiac tone.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
Allison’s Angélique is just as much a standout, renewing the bawdy earthiness of Shakespeare’s nurse with contemporary sass and rousing singing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2025
Yossy Arefi, who adds lemon for brightness—it emboldens the earthiness of the carrots.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2025
"I hadn't really twigged that he was looking for a bit more earthiness and a bit more bite."
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024
Not only because her uncle’s light-complexioned face had none of her mother’s beauty but also because there was an earthiness about him.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
