loess
Example Sentences
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The caves carved from the loess hills where Mao Zedong and other party leaders road out World War II have since become a pilgrimage site for party faithful.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2022
Eastern Colorado soils are 70% windblown loess, but cultivation, grazing, construction, and roads — anything that destabilizes the soil — can generate dust, says Kelly.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2022
This entry-level bottle is from vines grown on loess and loam on gentle slopes.
From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2020
Compacted layers of wind-blown sediment are known as loess.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017
Tracks of unknown creatures in the mortified loess.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
