dirt

Example Sentences

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In a corner of a ward, on a platform above the dirt floor, the wife of one of the fighters is about to give birth.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

His body was later found in a hospital, wet and covered in dirt.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

People want dirt, and it’s easy to give it to them.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

Knobby tread is made for the dirt, not the street.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

I was on potato detail, one of a crew hauling baskets of potatoes to long trenches to be covered with dirt against the freezing weather ahead.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom