Clods

The earth will dry in clods, and give you great trouble. ❋ Unknown (1872)

A subsequent wetting of the clods, which is not sufficient to expand it to its former condition, will not entirely obliterate the cracks, and the next drying will be followed by new fissures within the clods themselves; and a frequent repetition of this process will make the network of fissures finer and finer, until the whole mass of the soil is divided to a pulverulent condition. ❋ Unknown (1865)

“It cannot be your duty to comply with so unreasonable, so irrational a restriction: you may have a parent living, to whom your filial piety might be of some avail while you are rendering this fanciful homage to her who is insensible and unknowing as the clods of the valley.” ❋ Unknown (1824)

As respects the _elegance_ of this translation, there is good reason to warn the reader -- that much of the Odyssey was let off by-contract, like any poor-house proposal for 'clods' and 'stickings' of beef, to low undertakers, such as Broome and Fenton. ❋ Thomas De Quincey (1822)

In the major earth-moving reconstruction of the enclosed basement of the YMCA, gangs of boys had mock wars, hurling clods of clay at each other and shouting. ❋ Anis Shivani (2011)

This entertaining parade of boobs and clods also includes Michele "Pray the Gay Away" Bachmann, who believes that "Founding Fathers" like John Quincy Adams "worked tirelessly until slavery was no more in the United States" except J. Q. Adams died in 1848, long before "slavery was no more". ❋ James Marshall Crotty (2011)

Whenever they tried to return they were driven back with sticks and clods and imprecations. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It just feels good to grab one and start popping off rounds at sticks and dirt clods and varmints that need holes in them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

McCool began flinging huge clods of earth at him which landed in the sea, forming a causeway so they could meet and have a face-off. ❋ Barbara Barton Sloane (2011)

Married rolls off the tongue with the thud of dirt clods falling on a casket. ❋ Steve Cooper (2010)

Two guys with shovels shoveled a few clods of dirt, tired quickly and rested on shovel handles. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They started by throwing all the dirt clods they could find at each other, then progressed to hitting their opponents with fists before they finally took up sticks and stones to begin killing each other for real. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

A deep sinkhole of rage accompanied her out of her empty grave, she could feel rage upon irate apoplexy sinking into the center of her chest until she finally broke the last damp clods of earth loose; then instantly, self-preservation wiped her mind clean of her complete disgust for the reeking dirt she'd just spent six weeks wading through. ❋ Strannikov (2012)

The hispanics that have a work ethic and clean up after these clods? ❋ Unknown (2010)

He pelted her with clods and rocks, but she swam steadily on till she got the stick of "giant" in her mouth, when she whirled about and headed for shore. ❋ Unknown (2010)

“[awwwww] [look at] those clods [in the sky]!” ❋ Mightywil (2021)

Apperantly [more than] you, you [clod]! ❋ Crystal Clods (2016)

''YOU [CRYSTAL] [CLODS]![''] ❋ YOLODIYMOND (2016)

"[No one] wants to eat your [dinner], you [clod]!!!" ❋ Edge Lord Emperor (2017)

"You're an in sufferable [clod]!" ❋ Topaz Of The Crystal Gems (2016)

[Dirty] [owd] cunt likes clodding [whores]. ❋ Antman Of NZ (2017)

That clod would make [a cow] laugh [with that] dumb [answer]! ❋ Talk2me-JCH2 (2021)

[You are a] [clod]. ❋ Drakeot7 (2017)

"You...are a [complete] [clod]!" ❋ TheClod (2017)

1: I dug a hole and forgot to put the [clod] back [in the hole]. 2: You are such a clod! 3: Crystal [clods]! ❋ 🐝 Vs 🌽 (2020)