earthen

Example Sentences

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He kept saying that our soy sauce couldn’t be made without this storehouse, its earthen walls, earthen floors and wooden vats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Or it could simply indicate that collectors feel safer splurging on a household-name artist like Rembrandt, a Renaissance man famed for his pensive, realistic self-portraits in earthen hues.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

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

Loescher and Dente had hoped to discuss the possibility of rebuilding homes in the Altadena area with earthen materials that aren’t clearly adopted in the state residential building code.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025

Eilonwy was putting away earthen bowls and dishes when Taran hurried into the scullery.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander