The general ordered a scorched earth retreat to deny supplies to the enemy.

The workshop's earth-floor was swept clean every morning.

The earth-bound telescope provided more reliable data during the storm than the orbiting instruments.

We watched the soft earth-shine illuminate the darkened face of the crescent moon.

After the spring rains, small earth tongues appeared between the flagstones, carpeting the path with odd brown ribbons.

Chemists compared the ionization energies of alkaline-earths to predict trends in bonding and reactivity.

The newly discovered exoplanet has a mass of about three Earth masses, making it a potential super-Earth.

The farmers harvested earth-apples from the damp field before the frost.

After years of study, the scientists concluded that interactions among earth plates were the primary cause of the region's frequent earthquakes.

The hikers marveled at the towering earth pillars that rose from the canyon floor.