How to Use tchotchke in a Sentence

tchotchke

noun
  • The threads and tchotchkes are hardly the coolest part, though.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 31 July 2023
  • The set looks like the tchotchke aisle at the Salvation Army Store.
    Susan Mitchell, OrlandoSentinel.com, 21 May 2017
  • The prizes are fun tchotchkes the manager picks up at a thrift store.
    Hannah Steinkopf-Frank, RedEye Chicago, 10 Apr. 2018
  • In the wrong context, too much tchotchke—but in the right hands, the sign of a certain haute-boho dash.
    Sadie Stein, ELLE Decor, 23 May 2018
  • Seniors showed up for the early bird specials and tchotchkes on the wall.
    Janelle Nanos, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Pour one out for the stress balls and tchotchkes working overtime these days.
    Chloe Berger, Fortune, 18 June 2023
  • Sure, there were still some of those tchotchkes and assorted bric-a-brac.
    John Warner, chicagotribune.com, 9 Dec. 2019
  • People don’t have to buy clothes and tchotchkes, and sales of these items might simply go away.
    Elizabeth Winkler, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2018
  • Boxes of tchotchkes that Day had amassed at sales piled up in every room.
    oregonlive.com, 6 July 2019
  • Too many tchotchkes on the counter are bad, and too many pieces of small furniture that don’t add up to a greater sum is not great.
    Rima Suqi, WSJ, 21 June 2019
  • Hipsters and matrons alike come here in search of vintage items and tchotchkes.
    Michelle Newman, San Antonio Express-News, 11 June 2018
  • The dining-room walls are barren and clean, so don't expect a lot of tchotchkes and pictures.
    Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 7 Apr. 2018
  • Still feel strange to have put away the cheery, colorful and perhaps even glitzy baubles and pillows, and tchotchkes?
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2024
  • For royal-wedding watchers glued to their screens, the keepsakes and tchotchkes are a click away as well.
    Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 24 Apr. 2018
  • The piece looked old amongst the clutter of measuring cups, candles and other tchotchkes.
    Ben Finley, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Nearly all of the 2024 candidates have online stores and most have tchotchkes that riff on the year’s politics.
    Meg Kinnard, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Now, the diner is known for its eclectic assemblage of toys, tchotchkes and sculptural art.
    Abigail Gruskin, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2023
  • Stained glass decorates the bar and covers the light fixtures; used books and tchotchkes sit on every corner and shelf.
    Josie Sexton, The Know, 19 Nov. 2019
  • In between phone calls, Elshiva feeds her cat, dusts her tchotchkes, and talks with a painting of St. George, waiting for her son Daniel to come back.
    Roy Scranton, The New Republic, 2 Mar. 2018
  • The room: furniture and tchotchkes of a stately home of a generation past.
    Nr Editors, National Review, 16 Apr. 2020
  • The bargain hunters, for their part, have been coming out in droves to say their farewells and pick up their final batch of impulse-purchase tchotchkes.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Some Flagstaff merchants offer special foods, drinks and tchotchkes with a lunar theme.
    Weldon B. Johnson, azcentral, 1 July 2019
  • The funeral director takes us to the modest showroom with the caskets, urns, and tchotchkes whose connection to the end of life eludes me.
    Maggie Levantovskaya, Longreads, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Fifth Harmony used to tour malls like this: shopped from town to town, crammed between kiosks for tchotchkes and lit by department store signs.
    Chris Martins, Billboard, 13 July 2017
  • Most of us, having to do the dusting ourselves, will be contented with the vacation tchotchke.
    Reagan Upshaw, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Once up top, there's plenty to do: wander the trails, visit the Mount Roberts Nature Center, buy some tchotchkes at the gift shop and, of course, take a zillion photos.
    Jenna Schnuer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 May 2018
  • Sure, the idea of the group sale isn’t a new thing: friends have always gathered together to pool clothes, tchotchkes, and whatnot, and market it as one big joint venture.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Against one wall is a walnut cabinet accented with tchotchkes and a copy of Patti Smith’s M Train.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2024
  • And storing old calendars and folders in the fridge frees up shelf space for her diverse collection of tchotchkes.
    Jess Eng, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • This is the same technology that has been growing in recent years to make coasters and other tchotchkes.
    Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2018

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