His gloved fingers dug into the parched earth, taking hold of a large stone and turning it over.

The weeping died away like blood soaking into parched earth.

She must pay $20 a month for the patch of parched earth where she and her family live.

It moved a few yards, dragging a wooden plough through the parched earth, then stopped again.

With his own hands he poured the remainder on the dry ground at the god's feet, where it was immediately absorbed by the parched earth.

In the parched earth outside his front entrance, he dug a lily pond.

One picture shows the parched earth, with its pattern of cracks.

The grass was growing crimson, dripping blood to the parched earth beneath it.

By late afternoon, crews had been dispatched to clear a broad path in the parched earth along the entire length of the line.

Set in the hard parched earth, the ruins are only a short walk from the theatre.