potter's clay
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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 was composed of flint, potter's clay, carbonate of barytes, and terra ponderosa.
From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert
A part of the way is over a sort of potter’s clay, which moulds into any form, and is of a brown colour; a very different soil from any in the neighbouring country.
From A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 by Morley, Henry
The mineral products of Dr�me include lignite, blende, galena, calamine, freestone, lime, cement, potter’s clay and kaolin.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
