loamy

Example Sentences

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It adds nutrients, attracts beneficial microbes and — perhaps most important — helps create a loamy soil that more easily absorbs and retains the water it receives.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2023

It was filled with pine needles and loamy humus.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022

On some nights, when the wind drifted south, he could smell the cattle, their dung giving off a lush, loamy scent.

From New York Times • May 26, 2022

Nestled along coastal waterways, which created fertile loamy soil, the Low Country is abundant with fresh seafood, produce, and grains.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2022

She went to one of the craggy trees and leaned against it, taking in the loamy scent of its bark through the soft beak of her nose.

From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill