dirt
Example Sentences
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She stops next to a patch of bare dirt where once a long kitchen table had hosted countless Thanksgiving dinners.
In Santa Barbara County, workers reopened all lanes of the 101 Freeway on Sunday afternoon after heavy precipitation triggered a series of mudslides, sending dirt and water onto the freeway.
From Los Angeles Times
GREENVILLE, N.C.—Nine people are being placed in coffins with provisions including pillows, carbon-dioxide monitors and snacks, then lowered into the earth and covered with packed dirt.
Conservator Clare Emerson is painstakingly removing the dirt of the dig from an ornate copper brooch.
From BBC
Lastly, be aware that there are dirt fire roads and several off-road vehicle routes through the forest.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
