How to Use dirt floor in a Sentence

dirt floor

noun
  • Sometimes sun shines on the dirt floor.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Hordes of people pushed past security, jumped rails and ran across the dirt floor.
    — Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Creole chickens weave between our legs, a chunky pig snuffles across the dirt floor, and a dusty ginger cat snoozes on a goatskin chair.
    — Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024
  • If your crawl space has a dirt floor, install a vapor barrier—thick plastic sheeting that blocks moisture.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The one stone building still erect had a raw dirt floor and was filled with a multitude of metal tools that had accumulated over three decades.
    — Ian Phillips, Architectural Digest, 24 June 2026
  • Alaa reminded a boy named Usaid to shake the sand from his sandals before stepping onto the thin sheet spread across the dirt floor.
    — Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Soon after, Fred retired from the smithing shop, where his grandson (my father) had played model airplanes on the shop’s dirt floor as a child.
    — Eric Holcomb, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
  • An atypical Cuban Naranjo grew up in extreme poverty in pre-Castro Cuba, living in a bohío, a shack, with a dirt floor.
    — Sarah Moreno may 22, Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
  • Cutter’s father Tom was even born on the dirt floor of the Osuna adobe, the historic landmark preserved by the Rancho Santa Fe Association.
    — Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
  • More folks donning cowboy boots and hats than a normal night in Nashville gathered on the makeshift dirt floor at Bridgestone Arena to see their queen — Reba McEntire — close out night-one of Nashville's first Music City Rodeo.
    — Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025

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