clod

Example Sentences

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Fischer and Dale are nicknamed Fish and Bread — Graff couldn’t make the boys’ earthiness any clearer if “Raft of Stars” came packaged with a clod of river mud.

From Washington Post

One important step is to reduce plowing, which causes erosion by breaking up large clods and destroying the soil structure that prevents detachment and movement of particles.

From Scientific American

"In seven days, this dirt clod of a president has lost more jobs than he'll ever create," the Texas-based radio host, Rick Roberts, said earlier this week.

From BBC

Many dozens of species teem in the seas and in clods of dirt.

From New York Times

“Where’s your white hood?” the heckler shouts, pumping his arm like he’s throwing dirt clods.

From New York Times