Sentence examples for were clay from inspiring English sources
noun
A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
Before electronic media there were clay figurines, papyrus, parchment, printed books and journals.
Inside a workshop were clay loom weights used in weaving, a possible clue to Celtic influence.
There were clay jars, cooking pots, tankards and kraters, wide bowls used for mixing wine and water.
Synge took language itself and worked with it as though it were clay, creating rhythms and phrases of astonishing wit and sensuousness.
"I'd say they're 200% better than The Bricks were," Clay says of her new apartment, whose subsidised rent runs at $121 a month.
He was making good money at a factory in Maspeth, Queens, forming new boilers from sheet steel as if it were clay, rolling it, shaping it, cutting it.
One common element is clay.
"Midnight comes; kings are clay; men are earth.
The rest is clay, sand and other unwanted stuff.
Then they look closer and realize it's clay.
