clay
Example Sentences
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No-one had ever made a 90-minute stop-motion feature from modelling clay.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
I did the same: three dishes for lunch on my own, a whole fried fish in a sweet-tart sauce, braised pork in a clay pot, and tofu in a sizzling skillet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
The downpour turned the path—uphill, then downhill, then uphill again—into a slick mess of red clay and rock; every step had my blisters screaming in a new language.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Roughly 400 years ago, a member of the Indigenous Potano-Timucua tribe shaped a small clay vessel by hand.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 22, 2026
In spite of the creature’s fearsome appearance, he was soft as potting clay where the baby was concerned.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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