Sentence examples for on a clay from inspiring English sources

When Sargon succeeded to the Assyrian throne, Marduk-apal-iddina II (Merodach-Baladan of the Old Testament), a dissident chieftain of the Chaldean tribes in the marshes of southern Babylonia, committed the description of his victory over the invading Assyrian armies (720 bc) to writing on a clay cylinder, which he deposited in the city of Uruk (biblical Erech; modern Tall al-Warkāʾ).

He's like Bradman, Senna, Nicklaus, Pelé and Ali rolled into one on a clay court".

He arrived at Cemex with a Stanford M.B.A. degree and was promptly sent off to distant plants, including one built on a clay pit that is known as the company's Siberia.

With their latest Grand Slam final meeting now scheduled, the record books will be rewritten by one of two players who spent the last two weeks on a clay collision course.

During a dispute over a mark on a clay court, Ryan Harrison once told Odesnik, "No one trusts you".

Two years later, we played again, this time on a clay court in Amherst, Mass.

"For some guys, they can rock up on a clay court and immediately feel great.

"Some play better on a clay court and others on a hard court.

Just three weeks ago, Sharapova shredded her on a clay court in Rome.

Tennis record books will be rewritten Sunday, one way or another, by one of two players who spent the last two weeks on a clay-court collision course.

We're going on a clay-oven-building course, and that's going to go in the old piggery.