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On this page you'll find 6 example sentences with Clayey. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as argillaceous or arenaceous and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.

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Clayey in a sentence

Clayey meaning

  1. Composed of clay or containing (much) clay; clayish.
  2. Covered or dirtied with clay.
  3. Resembling clay; claylike, clayish.

Synonyms of Clayey

argillaceous arenaceous cloggy heavy compact

Related words

Other words often associated with Clayey or its synonyms:

thick pack impacted weighty hefty dense doughy squeeze packed full sandy leaden

Using Clayey

  • The main meaning on this page is: Composed of clay or containing (much) clay; clayish. | Covered or dirtied with clay. | Resembling clay; claylike, clayish.
  • Useful related words include: argillaceous, arenaceous, cloggy, heavy.
  • In the example corpus, clayey often appears in combinations such as: clayey soil.

Context around Clayey

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 30.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

red 1× dense 1×

Often after:

soil 3× sand 1× soils 1× plains 1×

Sentence patterns with Clayey

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

areas of clayey plains regs 1× clayey soil due 1× into the clayey soil and 1× laterite dense clayey soils retain 1× limestone and clayey sand capable 1× this red clayey soil to 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

between these ridges 1× clayey soil due 1× its red laterite 1× to the west 1×

Common sentence endings:

after a rain 1× and the environment 1× by high winds 1× local village reservoirs 1× lorenzo s grave 1× to blocky peds 1×

Words around Clayey

Just before it in the word index:

claydon 13 claycrete 2 claycourt 5 claycord 78 claycomb 5 clayco 2

Just after it in the word index:

clayface 11 clayfield 4 clayman 7 claymation 7 claymont 4 claymore 40

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 11 aaba 11 aafc 11 aaib 11 aalbers 11 aardvarks 11

Corpus analysis for Clayey

  • In this selection, "clayey" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, red, dense, soil, sand and soils stand out and add context to how "clayey" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include areas of clayey plains regs and clayey soil due. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "clayey" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with clayey

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Between these ridges are depressions filled with limestone and clayey sand capable of supporting vegetation after a rain. (18 words)

Clayey soil, due to its differential drying rate with respect to the surface, will induce horizontal cracks, reducing columns to blocky peds. (22 words)

Its red, laterite, dense clayey soils retain water well, which limits their agricultural potential for many crops, but is ideal for keeping water in paddy fields and local village reservoirs. (30 words)

Longer example sentences

It is not until the next stanza that Isabella herself actually begins digging (“with a knife … more fervently than misers can”), but by then Keats has already taken us by the hand deep into the “clayey soil and gravel hard” of Lorenzo’s grave. (44 words)

But without a domestic industry processing this red clayey soil to make our own metals, only the large corporations exporting it reap the most benefit, at the expense of the poor and the environment. (34 words)

To the west, between the ocean and the plateaus, are alternating areas of clayey plains (regs) and sand dunes (ergs), some of which shift from place to place, gradually moved by high winds. (33 words)

Example sentences (6)

It is not until the next stanza that Isabella herself actually begins digging (“with a knife … more fervently than misers can”), but by then Keats has already taken us by the hand deep into the “clayey soil and gravel hard” of Lorenzo’s grave.

But without a domestic industry processing this red clayey soil to make our own metals, only the large corporations exporting it reap the most benefit, at the expense of the poor and the environment.

Between these ridges are depressions filled with limestone and clayey sand capable of supporting vegetation after a rain.

Clayey soil, due to its differential drying rate with respect to the surface, will induce horizontal cracks, reducing columns to blocky peds.

Its red, laterite, dense clayey soils retain water well, which limits their agricultural potential for many crops, but is ideal for keeping water in paddy fields and local village reservoirs.

To the west, between the ocean and the plateaus, are alternating areas of clayey plains (regs) and sand dunes (ergs), some of which shift from place to place, gradually moved by high winds.

Common combinations with clayey

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "clayey" in a sentence?
An example: "It is not until the next stanza that Isabella herself actually begins digging (“with a knife … more fervently than misers can”), but by then Keats has already taken us by the hand deep into the “clayey soil and gravel hard” of Lorenzo’s grave." This page contains 6 example sentences with the word "clayey" from authentic English texts.
What does "clayey" mean?
Clayey means: Composed of clay or containing (much) clay; clayish.
What are synonyms of "clayey"?
Common synonyms of "clayey" include: argillaceous, arenaceous, cloggy, heavy, compact.
How many example sentences with "clayey" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 6 example sentences with "clayey", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.