Example sentences for: clay

How can you use “clay” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It is important, too, to note that writing systems are irrelevant: for instance, Polish is written (today) using the Roman alphabet, but Russian, a related Slavic language, uses the Cyrillic; Yiddish, a Germanic language, is written in Hebrew characters; Latin, Greek, and Sanskrit, which resemble one another rather closely in some respects, all use different alphabets; and early examples, utterly unrecognizable to untrained readers of modern languages, were written in cuneiform, quite suitable for writing on soft clay tablets with a pointed stylus, and hieroglyphics.

  • Watch as little old ladies fashion the clay, and then be tempted to purchase the end results, or other goods and antiques that are on sale.

  • It was the visual evidence of feet of clay, a heart of sloth, a general moral degradation.

  • But the most impressive moments, oddly enough, are Davis' tremulous theme readings, laid down as mere suggestions, like soft, wet clay.

  • It was discovered by workmen on the northern edge of the site in a tiny clay walled chamber.


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