cups and saucers
Example Sentences
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The room was dimly lit, with an espresso machine and several small tables where men in suits sat with tiny cups and saucers before them.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2024
Over-sized cups and saucers, laden with delicious-looking treats, stand next to teapots of many colours, ready to be wheeled on for rehearsals.
From BBC • Sep. 3, 2024
Sometimes I think it’s obsessive, decadent and totally unreasonable to have so many plates, so many cups and saucers.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2023
When Glass was a little girl, Mrs. Sutherland often invited her to tea, preparing a tray of fragile cups and saucers.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2022
My gift from Mother was a tea set—a teapot, four cups and saucers and tiny spoons—and a doll with blue eyes and rosy cheeks and yellow hair painted on her head.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
