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
It does not seem to have occurred to him to regard his theme in the light of potter’s clay.
From The Battaile of Agincourt by Garnett, Richard
Anthracite and a coarse potter’s clay are found near the town.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
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 Fenn, George Manville
