baked earth
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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.