A piece of string lay not far away, and a bunch of feathers that still breathed. . . . This trampled earth in no way resembled real life, waiting for exams in real life.

Under a bush lay a tightly woven basket, spilling berries out into a mush of trampled earth and crushed fruit.

The place had a bare floor of trampled earth; there was a trench outside dug round to catch the monsoon rain.

He pushed a small herd of stragglers before him and they came out through the trees and stirrup high grass into the wide area of trampled earth around the tank.

He saw a space of trampled earth and snow immediately in front of the building; the broken wall, with its sinister, fire-blackened crucifix, faced him.

The hut floors were of trampled earth, while the streets of the village themselves were mere beaten tracks among the rows of dwellings.

The single window was broken, and the floor was made of trampled earth.

The next morning, looking from her window to the place where the gather had been held, she saw few traces of litter, only the dew-glistening trampled earth of the dancing square.

Then he saw the length of slow-match had been exposed across the last yard of trampled earth below the mound on which the queen stood.

Motion unchecked by expected impact, Hardhat spun around completely, staggering forward, continued through another half-turn so that he faced his opponent across five meters of muddy, trampled earth.