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How to use earthen in a sentence

12 example sentences · adjective, verb

Earthen means made of earth or mud. Example: “It deadens,—or earthens—the spirit in both directions.”

Examples of earthen by meaning

verbTo make earthly or earthlike.

  • It deadens,—or earthens—the spirit in both directions.1919, The Improvement Era, volume 23, page 191

More sentences with earthen

  • A wooden castle, defended by an earthen dike and a palisade of logs.2011, George R. R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons, page 231. From the entry motte and bailey
  • But mezcaleros roast the piñas in earthen mounds over pits of hot rocks.2009 April 22, Dan Saltzstein, “Hoping Mezcal Can Turn the Worm”, in New York Times. From the entry mezcalero
  • A tomb in Wangguo (Jinyuan district, Taiyuan) has a single chamber built in an earthen pit.2004, Yang Hong, “Jade Suits of the Han Dynasty and Painted Pottery Figurines of the Tang Dynasty: Reflections of Han and Tang…. From the entry Jinyuan
  • What if she can boast of coffers bursting with gold, when she raises men with earthen hearts?1923, Douglas Wood Miller, Practical Exercises in News Writing and Editing, page 112. From the entry manhood
  • Then, beyond that, there is an earthen slope that is grassed and sodded.1910 February 23, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, Protection of Watersheds of Navigable Streams, page 139. From the entry berm
  • By the Augustan period, however, the old ashlar circuit with its earthen agger was beginning to be dismantled in some places.2012, Seth G. Bernard, “Continuing the Deabte on Rome's Earliest Circuit Walls”, in Papers of the British School at Rome, number 80, page 2. From the entry agger
  • "A-a-akuma!" Hito spun back against the earthen walls in fear.1996 January 22, Randal Keith Milholland, “SG: Gomi #3-"The Death of Johnny Figment" Part III (2/2)”, in bit.listserv.superguy (Usenet). From the entry akuma
  • The qulfis served in delicate earthen plates were a craze.1983, Amir Hasan, Palace culture of Lucknow, page 182. From the entry qulfi
  • Or in secret was that gesture being exploited to arouse, by one clad in earthen vesture, notice in the feelsome house?1952, Rainer Maria Rilke, From the remains of Count C.W.. From the entry feelsome
  • The air inside smelled antediluvian, regal somehow, with traces of pipe tobacco, tea leaves, cooking sherry, and the earthen aroma of stone architecture.2003, Dan Brown, chapter 54, in The Da Vinci Code, [London]: BCA, published 2005, page 226. From the entry antediluvian
  • In preparing the site for a bretesche, if the Normans found an earthen mound already existing, they naturally made use of it.1920, The Irish Monthly. From the entry bretesche

Meaning of earthen

  1. adjective Made of earth or mud.
  2. adjective Made of clay.
  3. adjective Earthly.

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Questions about earthen in a sentence

How do you use earthen in a sentence?
Earthen is used as an adjective and verb. For example: “It deadens,—or earthens—the spirit in both directions.”
What is a short sentence with earthen?
“It deadens,—or earthens—the spirit in both directions.”
What does earthen mean?
Earthen means made of earth or mud.

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