How to Use bone china in a Sentence

bone china

noun

• Despite having a dainty reputation, fine bone china is actually one of the most durable dinnerware materials.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
• Sure, some of us guests hanker for the bone china and starched white linen.
  — James P. Dewan, chicagotribune.com, 17 May 2018
• The lightweight pieces are made from durable bone china and trimmed with platinum.
  — Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping, 11 Oct. 2022
• Each of these pieces is crafted of English fine bone china.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 28 Sep. 2018
• The corn tea which followed was equally lovely, and made all the more so being served out of bone china cups made with waste bones from the Blue Hill kitchen.
  — Maria Geyman, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2022
• It’s made with strong bone china yet doesn’t come with the high price tag as other luxury bone china brands.
  — Deanne Revel, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Jan. 2023
• Specifically, bone china is made up of at least 25% bone ash.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 30 June 2021
• It's made of fine bone china and is 12 inches in diameter.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2021
• In the chateau, Brault has created a room painted in celadon green and brick red where tea and cakes are served to visitors on old mismatched bone china.
  — Claudine Doury, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2020
• The famed British version of afternoon tea can be as imposing as its fine bone china.
  — Richard Morgan, Star Tribune, 9 Mar. 2021
• Those models are museum pieces, shoved away in attics as relics along with bone china tea sets.
  — Max, Longreads, 12 May 2020
• There have been sterling silver protractors, and tin cans, and even a greenhouse, as well as bone china to-go coffee cups in Tiffany blue.
  — Reed Krakoff, Town & Country, 27 Nov. 2018
• Queen Elizabeth drinks Earl Grey from a bone china cup and would probably be aghast at the commoners who add milk.
  — Zahra Pettican, Bon Appetit, 8 May 2018
• Meanwhile, fine bone china is a great choice for more formal occasions.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Sep. 2022
• There are also bone china and cut crystal pieces, piggy banks, and cashmere blankets.
  — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 12 Sep. 2017
• Tablewear is made in unique materials, such as fine bone china, crystal, and porcelain.
  — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Apr. 2010
• Made from new bone china, the collection is comprised of 51 pieces, including plates, bowls, cups, teapots and carafes, available in four colours: creamy white, soft grey, dusty rose and a vibrant coral.
  — Bridget Arsenault, Forbes, 29 May 2021
• It’s fully equipped with a teapot, teaspoons, strainer, bespoke bone china cups and saucers, our unique tea blend and glass bottles for your milk and honey (or a nip of something stronger…).
  — Felicity Carter, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2021
• At Cath Kidston, where winsome London prints are always the cup of tea, 7.50 will buy a bone china mug printed with those red London buses.
  — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2017
• Last year, Wedgwood debuted a fine bone china collection based on Bridges’s toile.
  — Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2023
• Now, a year later, Tiffany is selling a bone china version of that paper cup—same shape, same blue, the name in black—along with silver plates crimped like standard-issue paper ones.
  — Reed Krakoff, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 May 2018
• This bone china design will become a treasured keepsake.
  — Harper's Magazine, 24 Nov. 2020
• Reviewers love that the pieces, made of bone china, are light, thin, practically flawless and neatly stackable.
  — Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping, 11 Oct. 2022
• The range features a variety of high-end bone china decked out in vibrant colors reminiscent of the Dame's personal style.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2023
• This Mikasa 16-piece bone china set is currently half price and features delicate wildflowers on mugs, side plates, bowls and dinner plates.
  — Fiona Tapp, CNN Underscored, 21 Oct. 2020
• Lily Spicer, a spokeswoman for the trust that manages the official royal gift shops, said commemorative bone china pieces have been among the most popular items.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 31 May 2022
• My grandmother’s precious heirloom: Antique bone china, shipped over from England at the turn of the nineteenth century.
  — Kristen Mulrooney, The New Yorker, 28 May 2021
• Two years later, to commemorate her coronation, the queen gave Eisenhower a gold trimmed, bone china vase with the crests of the countries remaining in the British Commonwealth.
  — Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2022
• Tea is served in custom bone china featuring Claridge's design, while guests can take in the surrounding 1930s art deco design of the Foyer & Reading Room.
  — Kelsey Fowler, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2022
• Moist ribs plopped on a Chinet plate are still light years better than Escargot on bone China with a perfectly symmetrical drizzle of parsley butter.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 4 June 2018

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