cold earth

Frequency: 5.95.0 per million words

Cold soil, often suggesting death or burial.

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Examples (10)

  • The coffin was lowered into the cold earth.
  • Seeds lay dormant in the cold earth, waiting for spring.
  • He felt the chill of the cold earth through his thin blanket.
  • A single rose was placed on the mound of cold earth.
  • The ancient artifact was finally unearthed from the cold earth.
  • Nothing would grow in that patch of hard, cold earth.
  • The winter wind swept across the barren fields, freezing the cold earth even harder.
  • As I knelt down, I could feel the dampness of the cold earth on my knees.
  • His final resting place was a simple grave in the cold earth.
  • They dug through the cold earth to lay the foundations of the new house.