teacup

Example Sentences

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There was a crash in the hall as the front door burst open and a smaller crash close by as Cocky dropped a teacup.

From Literature

Unassuming from the outside, the shop opens into a huge ark of mortar-crusted brick and ribcage-like beams, with long dining tables displaying shapely vases, pitchers, teacups and plates in shades of apricot, amber and malachite.

From The Wall Street Journal

The teacup trembled in my hand and hot tea spilled over the sides, scalding my fingertips.

From Literature

Only when she’s shown us to the kitchen table and placed two teacups in front of us does she speak again, in a flat, businesslike tone of voice.

From Literature

I have an Aussie doodle, a teacup poodle and a maltipoo.

From Los Angeles Times