conversation piece

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Recent Examples of conversation piece The vibrant red plastic flowers will become a conversation piece in your holiday decor display that never loses its bloom. Clint Davis, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024 Adding these creative socks to a friend's wardrobe is sure to give them a conversation piece for the future. The Courier-Journal, 4 Nov. 2024 In the beauty world, there are seldom topics that are as big a conversation piece as Taylor Swift’s favorite lipstick. Michelle Lee, People.com, 1 Oct. 2024 From the record player holder to the anti-skid bottoms on the vinyl, these are some of the coolest, chicest conversation pieces for your home. Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for conversation piece 
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Noun
  • Souvenir shops would also sell trinkets and ceremonial goods commemorating Russian-Syrian military cooperation.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Christmas markets filled with vendors selling trinkets and treats are in abundance during the holiday season in Germany.
    Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 16 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The video then shows a person holding a shiny bauble, with a gravel-like sound being audible as the ornament is moved.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Print out the sheet music for the Christmas carol—which was composed almost two centuries ago— and cut it into strips which are thin enough to fit inside a bauble, but large enough to be recognizable as musical score.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Take a stroll through Condé Nast’s halls, where staffers draw inspiration from the spring/summer 2025 collections and replace boughs of holly with knickknacks and doodads dangling from their everyday bags.
    Ciarra Lorren Zatorski, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Score discounts on Christmas trees, holiday knickknacks, festive wreaths, and more while these limited-time offers last.
    Clara McMahon, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Other foxtail plants were not in the photo but nearby ornamentals appeared to be suffering from excessive water too.
    Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The three most common types of eucalyptus were brought there because people wanted them for either ornamentals or for timber trees.
    Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • At the other end is the caricature, butt of flabby jokes, trussed in Las Vegas gaud, voice prostituted to a huge orchestra.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Even its colors, silver and space gray, seem to have been chosen for their lack of gaud—no blingy gold model here.
    David Pierce, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2017
Noun
  • The painting then remained in the artist’s possession and out of public sight until it was bought, in 1927, as a chic bibelot for a swanky members-only social club in London.
    Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022
  • Bruno Magli’s luxe nappa leather bibelot upgrades the standard-issue, white plastic AirPods case.
    Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 16 Nov. 2021

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