clod

Example Sentences

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Whether it's a twig, a pebble or a clod of dirt, the randomness you get on a large scale is the same.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2024

To be fair, there is more to Johnson's story than him simply being a clod when it came to dogs.

From Salon • May 20, 2023

The one of Rizzo, which was taken down on June 2, makes him look like a misshapen clod in an awkwardly buttoned jacket.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2020

If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were. as well as if a manor of thy friend’s or of thine own were.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2018

Doubletree Mutt came sideways and embarrassed up through the vegetable patch, and Jody, remembering how he had thrown the clod, put his arm about the dog’s neck and kissed him on his wide black nose.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck