vase
Example Sentences
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The snail's pace is intentional: as if carrying a precious Ming vase, the slow, gentle motion reduces stresses on the multi‑billion‑dollar rocket and launch tower.
From BBC
In “An Experiment,” an assistant draws the curtains on the moon to heighten the uplighting from a candle beneath a vase of water that contains a submerged skull.
The final result was a near picture-perfect replica of the Brady abode: the floating staircase, the groovy orange kitchen counters, even the famous vase destroyed by a stray basketball during a famous episode.
From Los Angeles Times
“Oh, I don’t know. I thought that it would be nice to eat breakfast at or to keep a vase of wildflowers on, to cheer the cave up.”
From Literature
Picking wildflowers and putting them in a vase.
From BBC
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