The blood mixed with the parched soil, forming a maroon-colored mud.

It was the time when the parched soil of Egypt revived.

The sun beating down unfiltered on the parched and lifeless soil.

Waluwara, whose parched, barren soil sailed miles each day in spirals of dust.

As the first drops of rain spattered the parched soil, he stood up.

Blood drained quickly into the parched soil.

Only a few drops of rain hit the parched soil, and the gale became nothing more than a faint breeze.

A chilly wind blew a few grains of sand restlessly across the parched soil.

A pleasant ride despite the dust the horses' hooves raised from parched soil.

It took her three years to get a vegetable garden going in the parched red soil.