Or,they place long thin rolls of clay on top of each other and then make them smooth.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

The white silk shirt and the blue and lilac tie felt cool and smooth under his fingers.

VOA: special.2009.04.11

Many of the works are containers, like the smooth form of a large bowl by Barry Macdonald.

VOA: special.2011.01.14

In the 1930s, industrial designers began to make cars and other objects with smooth, curving lines.

VOA: special.2009.01.02

"Quiet Nights" combines the sensual beat of Brazilian bossa nova with the smooth sound of jazz.

VOA: special.2009.04.24

Warhol used a very smooth painting method so the artwork almost did not look hand-made.

VOA: special.2010.09.05

The drink is made by combining different fruits into a smooth and tasty thick liquid.

VOA: special.2009.10.02

Railroad companies employed thousands of workers to create the smooth,flat pathways required by trains.

VOA: special.2009.02.21

The researchers studied small sharks called smooth dogfish, common to America's New England coast.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

The smells were from squids -- a favorite meal of the smooth dogfish shark.

VOA: special.2010.08.03

He could be as hard as a robot, or as smooth as liquid.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

The printmaker first draws an image onto a smooth piece of wood.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

One sailor described the sea as being as smooth as glass.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

His form is made up of smooth lines and geometric forms.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

They finely crush this "crumb" mixture so it is smooth.

VOA: special.2010.02.17

thirty-six feet per second up. Very smooth, very quiet ride."

VOA: special.2009.07.15

This early wall has a smooth and solid look.

VOA: special.2009.06.01

It is very fine and smooth.

VOA: special.2009.09.09

Fred Barnes, editor of The Weekly Standard magazine "Obama,while a glib and smooth speaker, is not particularly persuasive,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

The general also reports smooth operations at the Port-au-Prince airport, which has been under U.S.control since Friday by agreement with the Haitian government.

VOA: standard.2010.01.19