china

Example Sentences

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She never even got to clunk and thud her way through any farmhouses or laboratories like a bewigged bull in a china shop.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

Lillian Disney, a connoisseur of flowers, would die before the hall was finished, but its hidden rear garden is centered around the “Rose for Lilly” fountain, composed of thousands of broken blue-and-white Delft china pieces.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

This also happens to be where the Dior Maison pieces can be found, be it fine china or glassware.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2025

He once hid a Lego treehouse above their china cabinet for more than a month before she noticed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 3, 2025

I knock on the de Vrieses' door, and inside I hear the clinking of china.

From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse