cup

Example Sentences

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Horror isn’t my cup of tea, and I do my best to steer clear of feminine rage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Vale are toiling at the bottom of League One and so far on this cup run I have wrongly predicted they will lose to Fleetwood, Bristol City and Sunderland.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Then a bearish dark cloud cover on Dec. 19 started a cup with handle base.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

“I’m not safe around anybody. I can’t even pass a cup of scalding hot coffee to my wife without spilling it on the dog. ... I don’t trust myself around anybody anymore.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Herr Gutlieber sat down stiffly on the edge of a chair and fixed his eyes on the cup in his lap.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom