clod

Example Sentences

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Whether it's a twig, a pebble or a clod of dirt, the randomness you get on a large scale is the same.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 2024

To be fair, there is more to Johnson's story than him simply being a clod when it came to dogs.

From Salon • May 20, 2023

The one of Rizzo, which was taken down on June 2, makes him look like a misshapen clod in an awkwardly buttoned jacket.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2020

If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were. as well as if a manor of thy friend’s or of thine own were.

From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2018

He dodged every rubber band, coconut custard pie, mud clod, and wadded-up sock ball they flung his way.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein