Recent Examples on the WebPart of the once icy expanse of the Suicide Glacier has been replaced by an earthen divot that gets filled up like a bathtub each summer, setting the sequence in motion.—Eric Zerkel, CNN, 7 Aug. 2024 The result was an earthen dam, the largest of its kind in the state, rising 88 feet above the Little River's stream bed, which created a 29,200-acre reservoir.—Sheila Yount, arkansasonline.com, 21 July 2024 Archaeologists found several hearths and an earthen floor, likely the backyard of a house.—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 8 July 2024 But the reason for my visit to the Jacobs’ home lies beyond these botanical riches, down a set of earthen steps that lead to a gaping entrance into Auckland’s volcanic underworld.—Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for earthen
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