There were many marks of footsteps upon the wet clayey soil; but since the police had been coming and going over it, I was unable to see how my companion could hope to learn anything from it.
Source: tatoeba (6303817)
Clayey
/ˈkleɪ(j)i/
Synonyms for "clayey" (31 found)
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4 entrieskaolinite clayplastic pastesilty claywet clay
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6 entriesclayey depositclayey groundclayey materialclayey mudclayey soilclayey texture
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11 total sentences available.
I managed to dig up a complete fulgurite section almost 14 cm in length from the clayey soil of my garden after it was struck by lighting during yesterday afternoon's thunderstorm.
Source: tatoeba (10612067)
The shores of the rivers and creeks are chiefly planted with coffee, to the distance of about 30 miles from the sea; thence 30 miles farther up, the soil becomes clayey and more fit for sugar[-]canes.
Source: wiktionary
She had walked over rotted, decaying, splintered planks covered with clayey soil: […]
Source: wiktionary
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