CLAY in a Sentence
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77 example sentences for CLAY, such as:
1. The earth here is mostly clay.
2. He rounded the clay into a sphere.
3. The child is playing with clay in the yard.
4. She made a fantastic clay model of her dog.
5. The clay was cold in her hand and she looked at it again.
2. He rounded the clay into a sphere.
3. The child is playing with clay in the yard.
4. She made a fantastic clay model of her dog.
5. The clay was cold in her hand and she looked at it again.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of CLAY
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clay
n. water soaked soil; soft wet earth
n. a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
Classic Sentence: (67 in 5 pages)
1 Already the plowing was nearly finished, and the bloody glory of the sunset colored the fresh-cut furrows of red Georgia clay to even redder hues.
2 For here were no long, straight furrows, such as could be seen in the yellow clay fields of the flat middle Georgia country or in the lush black earth of the coastal plantations.
3 Suellen and Carreen were clay in her powerful hands and harkened respectfully to her warning.
4 And the lazy streams were redder now than ever Georgia clay could make them.
5 She was no longer plastic clay, yielding imprint to each new experience.
6 The clay had hardened, some time in this indeterminate day which had lasted a thousand years.
7 "'Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay,'" said Melanie with a sad smile.
8 He looked at her for a long space and then, leaning, scooped up a small wad of red clay from the ground.
9 He took her limp hand and pressed the damp clay into it and closed her fingers about it.
10 The clay was cold in her hand and she looked at it again.
11 At first, the words meant nothing and the clay was only red clay.
12 She was still clutching the ball of red clay when she went up the front steps.
13 She squeezed the clay so tightly it ran out from her clenched fist and she said over and over, parrot-like: "I've still got this."
14 The squatty log chicken house was clay daubed against rats, weasels and clean with whitewash, and so was the log stable.
15 Pork had dug the grave the night before, close by Ellen's grave, and he stood, spade in hand, behind the moist red clay he was soon to shovel back in place.
Example Sentence:
1 The child is playing with clay in the yard.
2 Another method, used especially for figures, was to pour the clay into a mould.
3 The earth here is mostly clay.
4 He rounded the clay into a sphere.
5 She made a fantastic clay model of her dog.
6 The widow she didn't scold, but only cleaned off the grease and clay, and looked so sorry that I thought I would behave awhile if I could.
7 When clay dries out, it loses its plasticity and becomes less malleable.
8 WELL, I got a good going-over in the morning from old Miss Watson on account of my clothes; but the widow she didn't scold, but only cleaned off the grease and clay, and looked so sorry that I thought I would behave awhile if I could.
9 There will be much interest centered on Raphael Nadal of Spain who won the French Open on the red clay of Roland Garros in Paris in spectacular style.
10 That is why the claying is necessary; it makes the grain adhere to the earth, otherwise it would float.