cruet
Example Sentences
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A glass case displays dozens of chalices and wine-and-water cruet sets.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 25, 2021
They subbed out their footwear for bowling shoes and made their way to the lane where Ms. Tamblyn ordered for everybody: French fries, a platter of fried chicken, a bubbling cruet of macaroni and cheese.
From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2021
Attended by handmaidens who were brightly colored spools of thread, Cleopatra was a filigreed creamer, her Antony a stoppered cruet — and it was somehow no less moving when they died at the end.
From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2018
This cork-and-ceramic oil cruet has a nice Scandinavian feel to it.
From Slate • Aug. 24, 2018
“Out!” exclaimed her husband, with something like genuine consternation in his voice as he laid down the vinegar cruet and looked at her through his glasses.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
