knick-knacks

Example Sentences

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When you visit aging relatives, pull out your phone and record them going through old photo albums and telling the stories of the knick-knacks on their shelves.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

The knick-knacks churned forth: anti-malathion spraying and anti-Jerry Brown T-shirts, buttons and bumper stickers.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2024

The living room she sits in is filled with knick-knacks and family photos, amid a garish clash of of geometric beige wallpaper, turquoise walls and a patterned red carpet.

From BBC • Oct. 12, 2024

There are knick-knacks to touch, poke, and otherwise interact with that look suspiciously like puzzles to solve.

From The Verge • Nov. 2, 2021

She had searched through the drawers in the nightstands, dressers, and wardrobes thoroughly, as well as the knick-knacks on the bookshelves.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull