How to Use porcelain in a Sentence

porcelain

noun
  • The bowl is made of porcelain.
  • The porcelain coffee cup in her hand is still on sale for $150.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Floors here and through the main rooms are white Italian porcelain.
    Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 7 May 2021
  • Plus, the cream porcelain color works with many decor styles.
    Hannah Baker, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Mar. 2023
  • They're hand-painted, porcelain, easy-to-stack, and have a drip-free edge.
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The staging of the shot is great too, with the delicate look of the porcelain next to a pile of fireworks.
    Kris Holt, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • That, or telling them that your mother was a porcelain doll.
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Four small porcelain angels and a bracelet were also in the bag.
    Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 24 Mar. 2024
  • If the sweetest part of the day with your spouse is tea in the morning, this porcelain tea set is sure to melt hearts.
    Terri Huggins Hart, Woman's Day, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Blue and white porcelain keeps it light, while piles of pine cones keep the scheme seasonal.
    Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 11 Aug. 2023
  • This is an adorable porcelain pour-over set that comes with a little tray to keep things tidy.
    Jess Grey, Wired, 27 Nov. 2021
  • And Paulina’s in-laws treated her like a porcelain doll.
    The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
  • Classic white porcelain with black trim, made in the style of Paris bistros for Sur la Table.
    Cary Jenkins, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2021
  • If your sink is not porcelain, first, wait until all the water has drained from the sink (yes, this might take a while).
    Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Watson imbues Valya with the warmth of gazpacho and the charm of a cursed porcelain doll.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
  • To make your own box, start with a bag or two of dumplings and add in accessories like a porcelain soup spoon and a nice bowl.
    WIRED, 8 Nov. 2023
  • On the first level, the floor is porcelain tile in a herringbone pattern laid in pairs.
    Libertina Brandt, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2022
  • This is a sick pup who creates porcelain dolls of his victims and leaves them as clues.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 9 July 2024
  • The tablet, which has rounded edges and corners, comes in three colors: porcelain, hazel and rose, and starts at $499.
    Samantha Kelly, CNN, 10 May 2023
  • It’s as though each one is a porcelain cup, and each of those cups has been stacked one on top of another.
    Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2021
  • There was a beautiful blue-and-white porcelain vase from the mid-1700s that was up for auction.
    Dennis Kight, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Holt scoured the bathroom for weapons, finding only the porcelain lid from the tank of her toilet.
    Jonathan Edwards, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Then mix touch-up porcelain paint to match the color of the tile as closely as possible.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
  • This set makes the weapons look like they are made out of porcelain, and come in multiple colors.
    Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Ginori 1735, renowned as one of the oldest porcelain maker in Italy, attests to the change.
    Rebecca Malinsky, WSJ, 6 May 2021
  • The 22-inch bowl is porcelain-enameled for great heat retention while the grates are cast iron.
    Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2022
  • Above the fireplace hang slabs of bookmatched porcelain.
    Hannah Selinger, WSJ, 4 May 2022
  • For cold sake, use a smaller cup made of porcelain, metal or glass.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The set includes three porcelain platters and a five-piece metal stand that will break down for convenient storage and hold up to 8 pounds of food.
    Jen Cason, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Nov. 2024
  • In 1917, Marcel Duchamp turned a porcelain urinal into art with Fountain, challenging the traditional confines of the art world at the time.
    Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024

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