The woman crouched cross legged upon the broad earthen hearth with her eyes blinkingly fixed on her companion - Mrs. Skaggs's Husbands and Other Stories by Bret Harte

Irena holding the daggers above her head had sprung from the little platform and was dancing on the earthen floor in the midst of the Arabs - The Garden Of Allah by Robert Hichens

On reaching the house where we had taken up our temporary habitation we perceived that the portal was occupied by several men some of whom were reclining on the floor drinking wine out of small earthen pans which are much used in this part of Galicia - The Bible in Spain by George Borrow