How to Use cut glass in a Sentence

cut glass

noun
  • Kusak Cut Glass Works is world-renowned for its hand-cut glass and crystal stemware.
    Ellen M. Banner, The Seattle Times, 23 Apr. 2018
  • Here, Selina and Bruce are so damn hot, with jawlines that can cut glass.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Lemonade sweats in a cut glass pitcher and brownies melt on a tray.
    Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al, 12 May 2021
  • The General gave me a warm smile, putting out his cigarette in the cut glass ashtray.
    Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 30 Mar. 2018
  • The thought of cutting glass, however, stops even the most daring DIYers in their tracks.
    Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 11 Feb. 2019
  • At the turn of the 20th century, American Brilliant Period cut glass was a go-to gift for brides, hostesses, wives and the like.
    Helaine Fendelman and Joe Rosson, Star Tribune, 16 Feb. 2021
  • In her ninth decade, Jackson remains a formidable presence—slim, straight, steely-eyed, with a sonorous voice that could cut glass.
    Adam Green, Vogue, 15 June 2023
  • Little cut glass jars with wooden lids sparkle under the dim lights as bartenders spoon jam into shakers to make the cobbler cocktails.
    Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 21 Aug. 2021
  • Because the woman is Kate Sharma (Simone Ashley), a fearless rider with flowing black locks, a challenging gaze, and a jaw that could cut glass.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2022
  • The design used black cut glass beads to create beaded florals on satin, with vintage iridescent gold bugle beads to highlight the water flow and kiva steps.
    AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2022
  • In this project, Bunch spent 1,800 hours cutting glass by hand into tiny shapes and arranging them to make images of birds, hearts and various natural elements.
    Jane Stueckemann, Houston Chronicle, 11 July 2019
  • Dobesh said the values of table china, cut glass, carnival glass, dolls, porcelains and figurines have all decreased, along with those of many Japanese and Korean antiques.
    oregonlive, 10 June 2020
  • It is composed of thousands of pieces of colorful cut glass that together make a unified image of the Patuxent River, local wildlife, a mill wheel, mountain laurel bushes and a river goddess.
    Mary Schneidau Sullivan, baltimoresun.com, 7 June 2019
  • Her womb sits nearby, full of cut glass, needles, medical instruments, scissors and sharp objects intended to help viewers feel the women’s pain and suffering.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 May 2022
  • In four figurative canvases, though, this stately march of earnest irony explodes into prismatic complication, with views of a halved and doubled cabaret figure seen as if through a cut glass chandelier.
    Roberta Smith, Jason Farago and Will Heinrich, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Anarcha has a gaping hole through her midsection; her womb stands alone nearby, made of gold mesh and containing objects that would make any woman shudder in this context — needles, medical instruments, scissors, cut glass.
    Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2021

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