potter's clay
Example Sentences
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Nietzsche was the Marx of the right, the original culture warrior who believed that the future belongs to those with the courage to face the nihilism of the present and mold it like potter’s clay.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2018
Fresh masa has a thicker consistency, more like potter’s clay, and it smells like slightly fermented corn syrup, especially if it sits out for 24 hours before you use it.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2015
This book also tells about a certain wasp that makes pottery and gets her clay from the very same bank that certain other people depend on for their potter's clay.
From The Adventures of a Grain of Dust by Hallam Hawksworth
From thence he had fallen, and as the idol lay broken she had seen that what she thought sterling gold was but miserable potter’s clay.
From The Vicar's People by George Manville Fenn
They can be extracted by grating on potter's clay, covering it with brown paper and a moderately warm flat iron or warming pan.
