cups and saucers
Example Sentences
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The room was dimly lit, with an espresso machine and several small tables where men in suits sat with tiny cups and saucers before them.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024
Sometimes I think it’s obsessive, decadent and totally unreasonable to have so many plates, so many cups and saucers.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2023
When Glass was a little girl, Mrs. Sutherland often invited her to tea, preparing a tray of fragile cups and saucers.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2022
But they disturbed almost none of its merchandise, creating a surreal scene of smashed glass and delicate, carefully preserved tea sets — their bright red cups and saucers balanced in an avant-garde display.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2020
Every day they made fresh leaf hats for Charlotte and Nettie, and they made little leaf cups and saucers to set on their table.
From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder
