Sentence examples for mixture of dirt from inspiring English sources

Two courses of brick on top of the foundation were covered by a mixture of dirt and mulch.

Even when they accidentally break through, they quickly patch the hole with "termite mud" -- a mixture of dirt, excrement and chewed wood.

Think of it as a cleanse, of sorts, minus the green vegetable juice that tastes like a mixture of dirt, tree leaves and self-loathing.

Berkeley - Measurements of the ice temperature far below the South Pole suggest that a so-called "lake" discovered at the base of the ice is most likely permafrost - a frozen mixture of dirt and ice - because the temperature is too low for liquid water.

With a solvent-infused cotton swab, he strips away years and years of grime usually a mixture of dirt, kitchen grease, cigarette smoke, and car pollution.

The international media and blogosphere were aghast when Marie Noel told her story to the world... "I know its not good for me," answered Noel when asked by an Associated Press reporter why she was eating and selling mud cookies - meals made from a mixture of dirt, water, salt and vegetable shortening.

City workers have filled most of them with a mixture of concrete, dirt and sand.

The resulting debris -- a mixture of rock, dirt and other leftovers known as "spoil" -- is dumped into valleys and streams below.

Nov. 20, 2018, 3 50 p.m. Four members of the Oakland Fire Department's Urban Search and Rescue Task Force removed a charred mattress spring and began combing through a mixture of ash, dirt, shredded wood and pieces of roofing tiles.

The comb becomes ensnarled with "greasy cashmere": a mixture of long hairs, dirt, bits of vegetation, and a small amount of fine down three to four ounces of down per goat per year, or enough for a third of a sweater.

Doig offers a gentle appreciation of the secrets beneath the surface of everyday life, set against a Western landscape that is described in concrete detail: a field is ready for plowing "when you can't see the frost on the ground by the light of the first full moon after the equinox"; a mixture of snow and dirt is called "snirt".