How to Use teacup in a Sentence
teacup
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Momentary pictures emerge from the crackling cloud and then sink back — a girl walking, a simple clapboard building, a hand holding a teacup, a car careening over a steep embankment and more.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
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And then there’s the sweet beige rubble to swirl out of the bottom of the teacup.
—Washington Post, 10 May 2022
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Dormouse pops in and out of the teacup throughout the ride.
—Kathleen Christiansen, orlandosentinel.com, 6 Oct. 2019
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IMHO, the fuss over the Opener malware is a storm in a teacup.
—Wired Blogs, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2004
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And then raised the teacup to my lips to keep from blubbering.
—Alice McDermott, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
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For ease and eclectic style, mix your teacups and teapots.
—Bethany Lyttle, Country Living, 24 Mar. 2017
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Mix our version of The Sunken Place in a teacup for full effect.
—AJC.com, 6 Mar. 2018
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The woman carried her teacup to the bathtub, ran a bath.
—Jessi Jezewska Stevens, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
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And your teacup chihuahua is out of luck: The GO is rated for dogs over 20 lbs.
—Geoff Nudelman, WSJ, 19 May 2021
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To a large extent, this is merely a tempest in a teacup.
—Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 25 Oct. 2022
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There’s a basketball on the inside of the teacup, for instance.
—New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022
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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
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There’s even the option to add a subwoofer for those who like to hear their teacups rattle.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
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Bonus: add little hooks beneath a shelf to hold teacups!
—Sarah Shelton, Good Housekeeping, 30 May 2019
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Raffle prizes, teacup raffle and course contests add to the day.
—courant.com, 4 Aug. 2021
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This laidback beat is sweet like sugar in your teacup, too.
—Kat Bein, Billboard, 18 Jan. 2018
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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
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My neighbor would send me two tablespoons of food in a teacup.
—TIME.com, 1 Mar. 2018
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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
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But no one need doubt that the teacup ride will function as advertised.
—David Mamet, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
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Carl: Like an item—a rocking chair, a teacup, a candlestick.
—Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
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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
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The toddler poses with a teacup and smiles alongside her family in the cute snaps.
—Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2022
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The restaurant also has a shop that offers wine, tequila, teacups and more gifts for sale.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
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In 2009, a woman attacked the painting with a teacup, slightly scratching the case.
—Antonia Mufarech, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 May 2022
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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
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Her new teacup chihuahua is called Prince Tokyo Gizmo Hilton.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 29 July 2023
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The décor is deeply personal, with thrift-store teacups and antlers and Funko figurines.
—Kim Severson, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2020
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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
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Pair it with a colorful, eclectic mix of teacups, towels, and light linens.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2024
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