flowerpot

Example Sentences

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The statues stand on platforms that once held flowerpots and, he said, he hired an engineering firm to secure the statues in place and pays two security services to monitor them around-the-clock.

From Washington Post

Even the job title insinuates that we are not people, but literal background—like a painting or flowerpot that is placed on a table to make the walls look less bare.

From Los Angeles Times

Less enthralled Chinese called him a “flowerpot,” likening him to a frivolous ornament, and mocking his quirky vanities.

From New York Times

He was dubbed “flowerpot,” a criticism for looking nice but not doing much.

From Los Angeles Times

He was teaching his children how to repurpose them into flowerpots, he said.

From New York Times