SOIL in a Sentence
Learn SOIL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
199 example sentences for SOIL, such as:
1. Add fertilizer to enrich the soil.
2. Check the acidity of the soil with a test kit.
3. It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.
4. The body was hidden beneath a thin layer of soil.
5. They built a wall to avoid soil being washed away.
2. Check the acidity of the soil with a test kit.
3. It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.
4. The body was hidden beneath a thin layer of soil.
5. They built a wall to avoid soil being washed away.
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Meanings and Examples of SOIL
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soil
n. material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)
n. the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
Classic Sentence: (124 in 9 pages)
1 It was like water on dry soil; no matter how much money he received, he never had any.
2 As the sun declined to its setting, casting long shadows athwart the soil from every pebble, Jean Valjean sat down behind a bush upon a large ruddy plain, which was absolutely deserted.
3 It had rained on the preceding night; the soil was soaked.
4 I will till the soil; it makes no difference to me.
5 Suppose the soil dry, and the artillery capable of moving, the action would have begun at six o'clock in the morning.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III—THE EIGHTEENTH OF JUNE, 1815
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III—THE EIGHTEENTH OF JUNE, 1815
6 In order to do that it was necessary that the sun should come out and dry the soil.
7 They seemed rooted in that fatal soil on both sides.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X—THE PLATEAU OF MONT-SAINT-JEAN
8 On soil where an imprint of the track may be left, this manoeuvre possesses, among other advantages, that of deceiving the huntsmen and the dogs, by throwing them on the wrong scent.
9 The occupant of the in pace had this wet soil for his bed.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER II—THE CONVENT AS AN HISTORICAL FACT
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER II—THE CONVENT AS AN HISTORICAL FACT
10 Fortunately, the soil, which was light and wet with the winter rains, clogged the wheels and retarded its speed.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE ...
Context Highlight In BOOK 8: CHAPTER V—IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO BE DRUNK IN ORDER TO BE ...
11 The social soil is everywhere undermined, sometimes for good, sometimes for evil.
12 Thinkers meditated, while the soil, that is to say, the people, traversed by revolutionary currents, trembled under them with indescribably vague epileptic shocks.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER IV—CRACKS BENEATH THE FOUNDATION
13 The soil had given away, the pavement had crumbled, the sewer had changed into a bottomless well; they found nothing solid; a man disappeared suddenly; they had great difficulty in getting him out again.
14 All sorts of obstacles hindered this operation, some peculiar to the soil, others inherent in the very prejudices of the laborious population of Paris.
15 Paris is built upon a soil which is singularly rebellious to the pick, the hoe, the bore, and to human manipulation.
Example Sentence: (75 in 6 pages)
1 Add fertilizer to enrich the soil.
2 You should add some synthetic fertilizer to the soil.
3 The pupae remain dormant in the soil until they emerge as adult moths in the winter.
4 It was the first time I had set foot on African soil.
5 They built a wall to avoid soil being washed away.
6 Taishan let the soil, so it can become bigger and bigger; river is not the small streams, so it can be so deep.
7 Traditional slash and burn farming methods have exhausted the soil.
8 Heavy rain and excessive use have impoverished the soil.
9 Every soil where he is well, is to a valiand man his natural country.
10 It is lost labour to sow where there is no soil.
11 Plants get the nutrition from the soil in which they grow.
12 The body was hidden beneath a thin layer of soil.
13 Check the acidity of the soil with a test kit.
14 The faeces contain nitrogen and it is that which fertilises the desert soil.
15 Put the bulbs in a bowl and cover them over with soil.