earthen

Example Sentences

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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

Next to the ruptured dam, another earthen wall is being built in preparation for the resumption of mining operations, according to government officials.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

It smells like a kitchen — earthen, dry, airy with a hint of spice and pepper.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

And the water rose into the earthen houses and softened the walls and burst them apart and they melted down into the water and were as if they had never been.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck