dry earth

Examples (10)

• The drought left behind nothing but cracked, dry earth.
• Plants will struggle to grow in such dry earth without regular watering.
• He kicked at the loose, dry earth, sending up a small cloud of dust.
• After weeks without rain, the fields had turned to hard, dry earth.
• Before you plant the seeds, you must first break up the compacted dry earth.
• Lizards scuttled quickly across the sun-baked, dry earth.
• The landscape was a stark mix of irrigated green fields and surrounding dry earth.
• The archaeologist carefully brushed away layers of dry earth to reveal the fossil.
• Watering cans are essential for gardeners dealing with perpetually dry earth.
• The smell of the first rain hitting the dry earth is called petrichor.