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How to use terra in a sentence

20 example sentences · noun

Terra means earth, soil, land, or ground as a physical surface. Example: “It's nice to be back on terra firma after a long session of analyzing the philosopher's abstruse theories.”

More sentences with terra

  • It's nice to be back on terra firma after a long session of analyzing the philosopher's abstruse theories.From the entry terra firma
  • How commonly stinging insects encounter this problem is scientific terra incognita.2016, Justin O. Schmidt, The Sting of the Wild, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 18. From the entry terra incognita
  • Terra Firma is an Alliance political party formed after the First Contact War.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Terra Firma Party Codex entry. From the entry influence
  • Muted terra cotta hues in floor tiles anchor the collection of earth tones.2008, Jack D. Neith, Great Kitchens, page 8. From the entry earth tone
  • Terra Alba, available from art suppliers today, is a natural gypsum that makes a bright white gesso.1999, Altoon Sultan, The Luminous Brush, Watson-Guptill, page 37. From the entry gesso
  • “Coo!” she said, having returned to terra firma and taken aboard a spot of breath.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII. From the entry terra firma
  • "Coo!" she said, having returned to terra firma and taken aboard a spot of breath.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC. From the entry coo
  • Terra is hemmed in on all sides by the ancient Centauran Empire.1953, Philip K. Dick, “The Variable Man”, in The Early Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick, Dover, published 2013, page 140. From the entry Centauran
  • Among her busts in terra cotta are those of John Brown, Charles Sumner, Lincoln, and Longfellow.1918, Benjamin Brawley, “XI. Sculptors.—Meta Warrick Fuller”, in The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States, page 113. From the entry terracotta
  • It has barely started to explore the terra incognita of fairdom.1918, The Country gentleman. From the entry fairdom
  • This overgrown and unremarkable little swamp is terra nullius.2017, Jamie Bartlett, chapter 8, in Radicals, William Heinemann, →ISBN. From the entry terra nullius
  • Under vaguely defined and loosely enforced international law, the first person who claims sovereignty over terra nullius can have it.2017, Jamie Bartlett, chapter 8, in Radicals, William Heinemann, →ISBN. From the entry terra nullius
  • At the third-floor level runs a band of varying ornament, including projecting panels of glazed terra cotta surrounding roughened, sandpaperlike rectangles.2009 May 3, Christopher Gray, “Fidel Castro Slept Here”, in New York Times. From the entry sandpaperlike
  • Some men were turning up with their faces covered with "bronzers" that made them look jaundiced, mottled terra cotta, or muddy brown.1984, Toni Stabile, Everything you want to know about cosmetics. From the entry bronzer
  • Arachnologically Filey is almost terra incognita.1922 July 1, The Naturalist, page 208. From the entry arachnologically
  • An olla (which literally means “pot”) is a round, unglazed terra cotta clay pot with a long neck that you fill with water and bury next to your plants.2019 March 1, Mary Kathryn Dunston, “Archived copy”, in Farmer's Almanac, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2020. From the entry olla
  • In five tightly cropped close-ups, terra firma appears to be roiling, more like the surface of a stormy sea than anything you’d want to build a house on.2019 December 4, David Pagel, “Review: A photographer’s portraits of Iceland, in all of its epic, impossible beauty”, in Los Angeles…. From the entry red-blooded
  • Staring at the shattered terra cotta pots that once stood along the porch and the pitted surface of the pueblo style home, I was torn between fury and tears.2018, Jami Gray, Marked by Obsession: A Breath-stealing Stalker Psychic Romantic Suspense. From the entry cotton-headed ninny-muggins
  • Terra Preta soils of central Amazonia exhibit approximately three times more soil organic matter, nitrogen and phosphorus and 70 times more charcoal compared to adjacent infertile soils.2007, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, volume 362, numbers 1477-1480, Royal Society, page 187. From the entry terra preta
  • Terra sigillata (sealed earth) was a greasy clay, containing silica, alumina, chalk, magnesia and oxide of iron, found on the Greek islands of Lemnos, Melos and Samos.1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 77. From the entry terra sigillata

Meaning of terra

  1. noun Earth, soil, land, or ground as a physical surface.
  2. noun The material world as opposed to the heavens.
  3. noun A continent or large landmass, especially on another planet or moon; e.g. Arabia Terra or Aphrodite Terra.

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Questions about terra in a sentence

How do you use terra in a sentence?
Terra is used as a noun. For example: “It's nice to be back on terra firma after a long session of analyzing the philosopher's abstruse theories.”
What is a short sentence with terra?
“Arachnologically Filey is almost terra incognita.”
What does terra mean?
Terra means earth, soil, land, or ground as a physical surface.

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