How to Use teacup in a Sentence

teacup

noun

• And then there’s the sweet beige rubble to swirl out of the bottom of the teacup.
  — Washington Post, 10 May 2022
• Dormouse pops in and out of the teacup throughout the ride.
  — Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Oct. 2019
• IMHO, the fuss over the Opener malware is a storm in a teacup.
  — Wired Blogs, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2004
• And then raised the teacup to my lips to keep from blubbering.
  — Alice McDermott, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
• For ease and eclectic style, mix your teacups and teapots.
  — Bethany Lyttle, Country Living, 24 Mar. 2017
• Mix our version of The Sunken Place in a teacup for full effect.
  — AJC.com, 6 Mar. 2018
• The woman carried her teacup to the bathtub, ran a bath.
  — Jessi Jezewska Stevens, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
• And your teacup chihuahua is out of luck: The GO is rated for dogs over 20 lbs.
  — Geoff Nudelman, WSJ, 19 May 2021
• To a large extent, this is merely a tempest in a teacup.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2022
• There’s a basketball on the inside of the teacup, for instance.
  — New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022
• The same effect is seen in the difference in size between the teacup on the table and Biden's hand.
  — Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 7 May 2021
• There’s even the option to add a subwoofer for those who like to hear their teacups rattle.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• Bonus: add little hooks beneath a shelf to hold teacups!
  — Sarah Shelton, Good Housekeeping, 30 May 2019
• Raffle prizes, teacup raffle and course contests add to the day.
  — courant.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• This laidback beat is sweet like sugar in your teacup, too.
  — Kat Bein, Billboard, 18 Jan. 2018
• Starting with a cocoon in a teacup, Bombyx mori is a moth that can no longer fly.
  — Barrett Klein, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
• The pot looks suspiciously like Mrs. Potts from Beauty and the Beast, and one of the teacups even appears to have a small chip.
  — Jelani Addams Rosa, Seventeen, 15 Dec. 2017
• My neighbor would send me two tablespoons of food in a teacup.
  — TIME.com, 1 Mar. 2018
• Fill each teacup with soaked floral foam and add in small blooms, like grape hyacinth or lily of the valley.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2024
• But no one need doubt that the teacup ride will function as advertised.
  — David Mamet, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
• Carl: Like an item—a rocking chair, a teacup, a candlestick.
  — Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
• My mother had some black China once, but then my sister broke one of the teacup saucers and ruined the set.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 6 July 2017
• The toddler poses with a teacup and smiles alongside her family in the cute snaps.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2022
• The restaurant also has a shop that offers wine, tequila, teacups and more gifts for sale.
  — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
• In 2009, a woman attacked the painting with a teacup, slightly scratching the case.
  — Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2022
• In the black-and-white images, Kravitz is seen wearing a teacup-length wedding dress with slender straps and a full skirt.
  — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2020
• Her new teacup chihuahua is called Prince Tokyo Gizmo Hilton.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 29 July 2023
• The décor is deeply personal, with thrift-store teacups and antlers and Funko figurines.
  — Kim Severson, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2020
• The agent took off his glasses, wiped them with a tissue, took a sip of tea from his teacup, put his glasses back on, and looked at me.
  — Haruki Murakami, The New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2023
• Stir and ladle into a wide teacup over two ounces of rye and garnish with grated cinnamon.
  — Jillian Dara, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024