pottered; pottering; potters
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Examples of potter in a Sentence
Verb
pottering around indoors on a rainy day
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Demetrios Ioannou, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2024
The guys had plenty to do at that time — tending to their luxe cannabis lifestyle brand Houseplant and producing the CBC’s The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down (an offshoot of the British series), in which Rogen, an accomplished potter himself, appeared as a guest judge.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2024
Ruby Opalka, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2024
These are the humdrum and human experiences of a man who spent his time simply pottering about.
—Will Ainsley, SPIN, 24 May 2024
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Noun
The team’s latest project is an interactive walk that follows an ancient road that connected the Kerameikos, a settlement of potters and vase painters, to Plato’s Academy.
—Demetrios Ioannou, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Aug. 2024
The guys had plenty to do at that time — tending to their luxe cannabis lifestyle brand Houseplant and producing the CBC’s The Great Canadian Pottery Throw Down (an offshoot of the British series), in which Rogen, an accomplished potter himself, appeared as a guest judge.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2024
Verb
Lucia pottered about, switching on a lamp, putting things away into cupboards, stacking the mugs into a corner.
—Ruby Opalka, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2024
These are the humdrum and human experiences of a man who spent his time simply pottering about.
—Will Ainsley, SPIN, 24 May 2024
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“Potter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/potter. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.
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potter
1 of 2 noun
pot·ter
ˈpät-ər 
: one that makes pottery
Biographical Definition
Potter 1 of 2
biographical name (1)
Pot·ter
ˈpä-tər
Beatrix 1866–1943 British writer and illustrator
Potter
2 of 2biographical name (2)
Paul or Paulus 1625–1654 Dutch painter
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