earthen
Example Sentences
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On the riverbank, local resident Ahmad Saadoun pointed at a temporary earthen bridge that collapsed.
From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026
What survives of this ancient city today includes two long rows of rectangular earthen mounds, each about a meter high.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2025
They constructed a 35-mile earthen berm around the city in an attempt to encircle its one million residents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
It smells like a kitchen — earthen, dry, airy with a hint of spice and pepper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2025
A fire trench had been dug down the middle of the earthen floor, with a row of smokeholes in the roof above.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
