baked earth

Frequency: 3.00.2 per million words

Ground that has become very hard and dry due to prolonged exposure to sun and heat.

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Examples (20)

  • The fields were nothing but cracked baked earth after the long drought.
  • The sun beat down on the baked earth.
  • Cracks spiderwebbed across the baked earth of the dry riverbed.
  • Cracks appeared in the baked earth after weeks without rain.
  • It was nearly impossible to drive a stake into the baked earth.
  • The farmers struggled to plant crops in the baked earth.
  • The relentless sun had turned the once-fertile soil into hard, baked earth.
  • Walking across the baked earth was like stepping on concrete.
  • If the rains don't come, this entire valley will become a wasteland of baked earth.
  • The baked earth crumbled beneath their feet.
  • Lizards scurried quickly over the shimmering baked earth, seeking shade.
  • Nothing could grow in that hard, baked earth.
  • The farmers looked on helplessly as their crops withered on the baked earth.
  • The drought left behind only baked earth and dust.
  • Walking on the baked earth at noon felt like stepping onto a hot griddle.
  • Their bare feet burned on the baked earth.
  • The landscape was a vast expanse of red baked earth under a cloudless sky.
  • Rain finally softened the baked earth after the long dry season.
  • We saw footprints preserved perfectly in the hardened, baked earth.
  • The baked earth reflected the intense heat of the desert.