dirt

Example Sentences

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To understand the mechanics of the horse’s gait, his team placed a series of cameras along a stretch of dirt road on what would later become the university’s campus.

From Slate • May 25, 2026

I strapped my two-year-old in a hiking carrier, and went for a walk up a winding dirt trail.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

A few curious residents gathered at an empty dirt lot where a home used to stand, now adorned with “Nithya Raman for Mayor” signs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Another, whose identity we are not revealing, adds: "I want to see a skate park or a pump track or a dirt track – more that the kids can do and enjoy."

From BBC • May 20, 2026

I shook out my coat and dumped dirt all over Red and myself just as the pixies pelted toward us.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff