3908 examples of caked in sentences

Men's faces became caked with yellow dust, their nostrils were hot and burning, and parched throats could not be relieved because of the necessity of conserving the water allowance.

They worked till the last moment on the east, and then, caked with the accumulated dust of a week's weary labour in sand and powdered earth, turned westward to arrive just in time to load up and be off again in pursuit of infantry, some making the mistake of travelling between the West and East Towns of Gaza, while others took the longer and sounder but still treacherous route east of Ali Muntar and through the old positions of the Turks.

It was heavy work, too, for infantry who not only had to carry the weight of mud-caked boots, but were handicapped by continual slipping upon the rocky ground.

As soon as he began to sweat under the hot sun the dust caked on his face, itching, stinging, burning.

The dust had caked in layers upon it.

I rested back, feeling of the numerous bruises on my body, and touching gingerly the dried blood caked on my face.

The sharp edges, where the roots had been cut away had worked through the skin and his hands were literally caked with mud and stained red.

Plates or shallow crockery pans are also used, but the sand is apt to become caked, and the pupils are likely to keep the seeds too wet if they are planted in vessels that will not drain.

Should heavy rain fall, as it sometimes does about Christmas and early in February, the whole cultivation gets beaten down and caked over.

Should rain fall, the whole surface of the earth gets caked and hard, and the delicate plant burns out, or being chafed against the hard surface crust, it withers and dies.

In several places I noticed dark red patches where a pool of blood had curdled and caked, as some poor fellow poured his life out on the sod.

I examined the barrel that was driven on shore, and soon found it was a barrel of gunpowder; but it had taken water, and the powder was caked as hard as a stone: however, I rolled it farther on the shore for the present, and went on upon the sands, as near as I could to the wreck of the ship, to look for more.

His wide, staring eyes and white face, and blood smeared from the trickling wound in his neck, his capless head and tumbled hair, his clay and mud-caked and blood-stained uniform all gave him a look of wildness, of desperation, of abandonment.

His hair was untidy and his boots were caked with blackish mud.

His horse, a strong-limbed dapple-gray, all shiny with sweat above, and all caked with mud beneath, bent its fore knees as it stood, as though it were overspent.

Railroad officials gave him cigars, and slapped him on his snow-caked shoulders.

He found her make-up towel, all caked with red and blue, which she had flung down on the floor.

They camped two nights at this place and dried some of their powder, but most of it was caked and spoilt.

He, who was familiar with pigs, could see that this was a black pig, caked with dried curds of the Milky Way; its flesh was chill to the touch, like dead flesh; and it had long tusks, which possessed life of their own, and groped and writhed toward Manuel like fat white worms.

It was but a glimpse through the leaf-draped window of dust-caked horses, the bronzed faces of their riders, and the gray hair of Judge Moran, as he hastened down the steps to greet them.

On the mud banks, at the stations at which your boat stops, Arabians, Nubians, and Egyptians sit squatting on the caked mud with their gaudy clothes, brilliant embroideries, and rugs piled around them all within arm's reach.

I don't like to be pat-a-caked.

Fresh Fruit Cerealine Flakes Gravy Toast Caked Peas Whole-Wheat Puffs Toasted Beaten Biscuit Stewed Fruit DINNER Celery Soup Boiled Potato with Tomato Cream Sauce Baked Cauliflower Shelled Beans Graham Grits Currant Puffs Cream Rolls Toasted Wafers

In dry weather it was red clay caked and checked by the sun, and wheels or hoofs stirred clouds of red dust that followed and choked the traveler.

Casey saw the mud-caked feet move laboriously toward the rear of the car.

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