moist earth
Frequency: 6.16.0 per million words
Slightly wet soil.
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Examples (10)
- The seeds will sprout quickly in the warm, moist earth.
- After the rain, the smell of moist earth filled the air.
- He knelt down and scooped up a handful of dark, moist earth.
- The forest floor was covered with a soft layer of leaves and moist earth.
- The bulldozer easily pushed aside the moist earth to clear the site.
- Worms wriggled through the moist earth after the downpour.
- Planting a garden requires turning over the soil until you have loose, moist earth ready for the seedlings.
- Her bare feet sank slightly into the cool, moist earth of the riverbank.
- The experiment measured water retention in samples of moist earth.
- By morning, the dew will have settled, leaving the ground covered in moist earth.