curio

Example Sentences

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Locals shuffled through makeshift aisles bounded by curio cabinets, wardrobes and home bars styled with faux cocktails for an imaginary party.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

It was at once a stark avant-garde curio and a communal conversation-starter about representation and reality.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2025

In his review, the BBC's Nicholas Barber called it a "pretentious, portentous curio", akin to someone recalling a "crazy dream".

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2024

As an album, “New Blue Sun” tends toward the curio — both endurance and Rorschach test.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024

There were ottomans and framed photographs and curio cabinets full of souvenirs, their very frivolousness reassuring.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng