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  • All of the rest, even Sir Ramiro and Sir Robert, shrank from the earth-covered Knights, from the bandages and the smell.

    Virginity Sydney Kilgore 2010

  • The turtles may "bulldoze", pushing their heads through the soil, and then raise their earth-covered heads to peer about.

    Turtle 2008

  • During extensive inquiries on the ground, over several weeks, I carefully walked the streams below dozens of the pits, keeping clearly in mind the relevant distinctions between pits that were used exclusively by Texaco, pits that later were used also by Petroecuador, pits that are earth-covered (having officially been cleaned up), and pits that remain full of waste and open to the rain.

    Jungle Law Langewiesche, William 2007

  • Presently the site of Tiwanaku appears as a flat plain with scattered earth-covered monuments.

    Interactive Dig Tiwanaku - Field Notes 2004 2002

  • For several months in the year (the rainy season) scarcely a day passes without violent storms which play havoc with the earth-covered houses, necessitating constant vigilance and frequent repairs on the part of the occupants.

    A Study of Pueblo Architecture: Tusayan and Cibola Eighth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1886-1887, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891, pages 3-228 Cosmos Mindeleff

  • In some places, the copper freshly broken glitters like gold, and the specks on the rocks, or in the earth-covered mass, as our candle-light awakens their sparkles, gleam like the spangles on a dancer's robe or stars in a midnight sky.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 Various

  • And so, many evenings at home; father would read to us pathetic legends and stirring tales of ancient Roman life; and we would often go and sit amidst the earth-covered ruins on the Palatine.

    Barbara's Heritage Young Americans Among the Old Italian Masters Deristhe L. Hoyt

  • On one side of the meadow stood a cabin, the fresh-peeled log walls glaring yellow in the sun, and lifting an earth-covered roof to the autumn sky.

    North of Fifty-Three Bertrand W. Sinclair 1926

  • Cumshaw turned in a flash, and, in the excitement of the moment, the earth-covered object slipped out of his hands and fell on the grass at his feet.

    The Lost Valley James Morgan Walsh 1924

  • She tore open the door of the earth-covered vegetable cellar as she spoke, and thrust Jan and Marie inside.

    The Belgian Twins 1917

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