china

Example Sentences

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I can hear, around me, the clinking of silverware and china.

From Literature

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

They floundered about in the wrong clothes with the incorrect haircut and speech patterns like the proverbial bull in a china shop.

From Literature

The china cabinet was discounted to $60 at the Santa Monica Antique and Vintage Market because it was missing some glass pieces.

From Los Angeles Times

The fresh-faced blond woman, with cheeks as delicate as a china doll’s, was in cahoots with a killer?

From Literature