plural potteries
Examples of pottery in a Sentence
He has collected pottery for years.
She was a painter for years before she discovered pottery.
Recent Examples on the Web
Similar pottery has been found at sites in Orkney, where this pottery style is thought to have originated.
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Dan Falk, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024
Photos show some of the wells and pottery vessels dating back at least 700 years.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024
The urgency is a response to a system in which programs ranging from pottery camps to horseback riding opportunities often fill up within minutes of opening to the general public.
—Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
The site has previously revealed other valuable artifacts—such as pottery, a collection of gold and silver coins and golden horns dating to the first century—that suggest the area was an important center of power.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
While no longer present in paint and gasoline state-side, lead is still used in batteries, solder, pipes, pottery, roofing materials and some cosmetics, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
But his haughty words, broken like shards of ancient pottery, and spoken in Fon, the Dahomey language still used by roughly one-sixth of Benin’s population, flavor the whole film with mysterious unease.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 18 Feb. 2024
Into the earth the shovels go, and out spring various Etruscan artifacts, mostly pottery, that were entombed, roughly two millennia ago, alongside their deceased owners.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
In the collection was also tableware and ceramic pottery.
—Julia Daye, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
Dan Falk, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2024
Photos show some of the wells and pottery vessels dating back at least 700 years.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 Apr. 2024
The urgency is a response to a system in which programs ranging from pottery camps to horseback riding opportunities often fill up within minutes of opening to the general public.
—Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
The site has previously revealed other valuable artifacts—such as pottery, a collection of gold and silver coins and golden horns dating to the first century—that suggest the area was an important center of power.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
While no longer present in paint and gasoline state-side, lead is still used in batteries, solder, pipes, pottery, roofing materials and some cosmetics, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
But his haughty words, broken like shards of ancient pottery, and spoken in Fon, the Dahomey language still used by roughly one-sixth of Benin’s population, flavor the whole film with mysterious unease.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 18 Feb. 2024
Into the earth the shovels go, and out spring various Etruscan artifacts, mostly pottery, that were entombed, roughly two millennia ago, alongside their deceased owners.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2024
In the collection was also tableware and ceramic pottery.
—Julia Daye, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
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“Pottery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pottery. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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