Sentence example with the word 'potsherd'

potsherd

Definition n. a shard of pottery

Last update: October 5, 2015


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The area within the walls is a vast expanse of cultivated land, unbroken by any vestige of antiquity; yet the soil is thick with tile and potsherd, and in hot summers the unevenly growing corn reveals the remains of streets beneath the surface.   [Please select]

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Sisyphus had thrown his rock there and Job his potsherd.   [Please select]

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This specimen was obtained from a small potsherd picked up near Washington, D.   [Please select]

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One Roman potsherd, from a second-century level, bore three Roman letters IRI, the meaning of which is likely to remain obscure.   [Please select]

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When the beautiful bride heard his story, she asked to see the potsherd, for she was very learned and clever.   [Please select]

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[Illustration: A THEMISTOCLES OSTRAKON (British Museum, London) A fragment of a potsherd found in 1897 A.   [Please select]

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Slowly and carefully we unrolled the linen, exposing to view a very large but undoubtedly ancient potsherd of a dirty yellow colour.   [Please select]

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