How to Use in the dirt in a Sentence

in the dirt

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• These prints in the dirt have been around longer than my mind can fathom.
  — Megan Stringer, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
• Both players got a good read on a ball in the dirt and advanced.
  — C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
• At least, not adventure in the dirt.
  — New Atlas, 28 Nov. 2025
• The lumps and burrows in the dirt were a reminder to all who walked by.
  — New York Times, 8 July 2024
• Young children, dusty after two days in the camp, played in the dirt.
  — Kareem Fahim, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023
• Then there’s having to come out of routes from a three-point stance with a hand in the dirt.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2022
• Cass threw his useless rifle in the dirt and picked up the limp form of the hound.
  — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
• The dog lay still, with his tongue out in the dirt and a trickle of blood over his white teeth.
  — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026
• The mother and three puppies were lying in the dirt near the truck.
  — Ethan Baron, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
• Vargas laid off a cutter in the dirt, running the count full.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
• To be able to throw a change-up that might go in the dirt with a runner on third — amazing.
  — Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
• How long is that going to last in the dirt just past the playground of your middle school?
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
• While Manabe’s mind was up in the clouds, Arakawa’s was down in the dirt.
  — Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
• Zimmerman comes off his horse and is dragged in the dirt with his foot caught in his stirrup.
  — airmail.news, 5 Oct. 2024
• Ethan Frey drew a 2-out walk and advanced twice on pitches in the dirt.
  — Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 12 May 2025
• The contestants in the dirt just ended up sleeping through most of it.
  — Jim Halterman, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026
• But digging in the dirt was just the beginning of their journey.
  — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2023
• The image shows one man cradling another in his lap in the dirt, by the roadside.
  — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 10 Apr. 2026
• The remains of three of those men were later found in the dirt near the local cemetery.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2022
• White tents are erected in the dirt, goats hang by their feet from trees, ready to be turned into birria.
  — Outside Online, 25 Sep. 2024
• Dogs who play outside in the dirt and mud are going to need to be bathed more often than dogs who don’t.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 17 Oct. 2022
• If the father in your life enjoys playing in the dirt, seeds are a great gift option.
  — Cody Godwin, USA TODAY, 13 June 2024
• Simon planned the cabin, drawing the outline for the walls with a stick in the dirt.
  — arkansasonline.com, 25 Jan. 2025
• The charting also suggests Sanders doesn’t put the easy ones in the dirt.
  — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
• Catcher Sam Huff failed to block two balls in the dirt, leading to runs.
  — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2025
• Abandon hope and anger and leave your expectations in the dirt.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
• The other worker hauled the pig across the barnyard, leaving a glossy wake in the dirt.
  — Bennet Goldstein, jsonline.com, 4 July 2025
• That lineup did a great job of preparing, did a great job of laying off stuff in the dirt.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
• This place reminded me of a simpler time—when children played in the dirt with sticks and rocks.
  — Sue D. Gelber, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2023
• The boy drew up his own plays, scrawling one in the dirt during his first season playing the game.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023