How to Use earthen in a Sentence

earthen

adjective
  • There will also be a produce stand and an earthen oven with baked goods.
    — Cody Boteler, baltimoresun.com, 8 June 2018
  • Add raanu, mash the mixture, and keep it in an earthen vessel.
    — Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, 16 June 2019
  • What caused a stream of gooey, earthen debris to ooze through an empty field?
    — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 12 Sep. 2017
  • My mother, though, used a clay pot over an earthen fire to cook kiribath.
    — Zinara Rathnayake, Bon Appétit, 10 Apr. 2021
  • They are cooked over coals for several days in earthen pits filled with palm leaves and dirt.
    — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 29 Jan. 2020
  • The ponds in question hold a slurry of water and coal ash in an earthen pit.
    — Halle Parker | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Artwork set into the wall hints at the earthen bricks that support the house.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Woven bamboo baskets hung from the rafters above an earthen stove.
    — Pat Tanumihardja, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Within hours, as pressure built, the earthen banks of the canal had been overwhelmed.
    — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 29 July 2019
  • As for the mezcal process, it's cooked in an earthen or stone-lined underground pit for a few days.
    — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Walking the two miles of rolling trails and earthen staircases takes about one-and-a-half to two hours.
    — Patrick Scott, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Staff removed a portion of seawall and built an earthen ramp to the water’s edge.
    — Kevin Spear, orlandosentinel.com, 14 July 2021
  • The large stones of the inner chamber remain, but were once covered by a long earthen mound.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 12 July 2022
  • On land, an earthen mound echoes the curve of the shoreline and an open pavilion offers shelter.
    — Kirsten Swenson, ARTnews.com, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The hotel's 95 rooms and suites are adorned with calming earthen tones and light baby blues.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 25 Dec. 2024
  • With heartier, earthen purple corn?
    — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Buried beneath the floor was an earthen jar containing the skeletons of a man and woman.
    — Michael Price, Science | AAAS, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The most efficient way to get tar from birch bark is to heat the roll of bark in a clay vessel buried inside an earthen mound.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 22 Oct. 2019
  • The earthen canals of the acequias, for instance, can hold water for long periods of time.
    — New York Times, 13 July 2021
  • The earthen walls hold back the rain that rolls down the vast Texas prairies, through Houston, on its way to the gulf.
    — Laura Sullivan, NPR, 8 June 2025
  • The neutral category spans earthen shades of chocolate brown, stone gray and taupe.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Some people had draped wet cloths over their heads and burrowed into the earthen walls, trying to escape the smoke and flames.
    — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Half a dozen soldiers eat, drink, and sleep, in an underground command center filled with the rich scent of earthen walls.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2024
  • During the early evening of March 25, an earthen levee gave way.
    — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 22 Mar. 2016
  • The Islamists destroyed some of its famous earthen mosques and mausoleums.
    — Anna Pujol-Mazzini, Time, 18 June 2019
  • By the 21st century, the only above-ground traces of the palace were earthen terraces and fish ponds.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024
  • Following the ancient Ayurvedic method, food is slow-cooked in earthen pots stacked atop each other in groups of nine.
    — Rakesh Kumar, CNN, 28 Sep. 2021
  • One option is geopolymers made from earthen clay and industrial wastes.
    — Alcina Johnson Sudagar, The Conversation, 12 Feb. 2026
  • The outside of the mirrors is painted the earthen color of red clay, as if the object is an ancient vessel.
    — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 24 June 2017
  • Other trails follow a portion of the 7 miles of earthen levees or dikes that protect the city from flooding.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 16 May 2017

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