china

Example Sentences

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The less scrupulous voices also invade Beverly’s meticulous household like bulls in a suburban china shop.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

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 • Dec. 5, 2025

He flings his lunch against the wall, shattering a piece of Nancy Reagan’s china and leaving a trail of ketchup and hamburger grease on the wallpaper and faux gilt sconce recently procured from Home Depot.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2025

Roberts, their manager for the past 10 seasons, has become famous—or infamous—for treating his rotation like a set of fine china, meant to be admired but rarely put to any meaningful use.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 5, 2025

The china and table linens had to be impeccably cleaned and stored away.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis