How to Use pottery in a Sentence

pottery

noun
  • She was a painter for years before she discovered pottery.
  • He has collected pottery for years.
  • Make potential new pottery friends at one of Clay Lounge's one-time workshops.
    Emilia Cardona, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2022
  • Use stacks of books, textured baskets, and pottery collections to give your shelves interest.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2022
  • Every find is plotted, from a shard of pottery to a cannon; currents are modeled, and seabed geology is assessed.
    Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2022
  • In some cases, lactase persistence didn’t appear widespread until thousands of years after the pottery had first been used to hold milk.
    Haley Weiss, The Atlantic, 27 July 2022
  • Some of the items included chips of stone that were knocked off when Native Americans were making arrowheads and spear points, as well as pottery.
    CBS News, 2 Aug. 2022
  • This local pottery studio offers clay foraging workshops at local nature reserves.
    Outside Online, 24 July 2024
  • The collaborative pottery was a way for people to buy a Picasso, who was by then famous, without spending too much money.
    Martina Schimitschek, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2022
  • Other artifacts found in the weapon’s vicinity included metal anchors, stone anchors and pottery fragments.
    Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 27 July 2022
  • Included are juried artists selling their painting, stained glass, leather, fiber art, wood carving, acrylic encaustic, pottery, photography, jewelry, stone cutting and more.
    Joan Rusek, cleveland, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The pottery for sale are all sizes, and for use indoors and out.
    oregonlive, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Some of this is the pottery distinct to the area, characterized by lines and shapes.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024
  • However, pottery is the bread and butter of Art on Clay.
    Megan Woolard, Journal Sentinel, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Eventually, Earles said, almost all of the pottery ended up as grave offerings, interred during burial rituals.
    Dallas News, 19 July 2022
  • Photos show some of the wells and pottery vessels dating back at least 700 years.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024
  • White and gray, milk white and bread brown—milk in a brown pottery bowl—that was Whitehall in the afternoon rain.
    Mavis Gallant, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2022
  • The clay used to make the pottery was of fine quality, ensuring the prints were well preserved.
    Hillel Kuttler, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Dec. 2022
  • If neither of you have been to a pottery class before, don’t worry!
    Alyssa Girdwain, Women's Health, 17 Mar. 2023
  • It can also be used to emboss your next pottery project.
    Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Pet items at the market include Rocky Jaeger of Rock Dogs’ pet bowls and pottery figurines.
    Jeastman, oregonlive, 9 June 2023
  • The objects include pieces of pottery, a piece of leather, a large mammal skull fragment and an acorn.
    Michael Hill, ajc, 22 Feb. 2023
  • In 2007, Mazar found two charred pottery seals near that corner, from the time of the destruction of Solomon’s Temple.
    Marion Fischel, Sun Sentinel, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Among those were glass beads, pottery, clay figures, tiles, and more than 100 hairpins.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 May 2023
  • Mix in pieces of white pottery and smoky glassware for a more collected look.
    Anna Logan, Country Living, 28 July 2023
  • Earthenware, the third main type of ceramic, is one of the oldest forms of pottery.
    Samantha MacAvoy, Good Housekeeping, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Decades prior to ‘50 Shades,’ the pottery wheel scene was probably one of the most talked about in film history.
    cleveland, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Take that last-minute trip to your local ski mountain, sign up for a pottery class, and say yes to hanging out with a new group of friends.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The unglazed pottery had absorbed small traces of animal, wheat, dairy fats and oils that had been cooked inside of them.
    Danya Gainor, CNN, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The make-your-own pottery studio holds classes, pottery workshops and open studio nights for those more advanced in wheel throwing.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2024

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