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
The baby Francie crowed with delight as her grandmother held up the cruet and the sun shone through it and made a small fat rainbow on the opposite wall.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
