china

Example Sentences

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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

Holly, 34, from Reading, hunted in charity shops and vintage fairs for foil decorations, satin baubles, tablecloths and china.

From BBC

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