How to Use porcelain in a Sentence

porcelain

noun
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  • Four small porcelain angels and a bracelet were also in the bag.
    — Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 24 Mar. 2024
  • The formal dining room used the best porcelain, silver, and crystal.
    — The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Big spenders can find luxury options to give their porcelain throne the royal treatment.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 24 Mar. 2024
  • The tables are topped with china, porcelain, silver and pretty glassware.
    — Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Renovators enhanced this home’s curb appeal by adding a portico with a white and bone porcelain check tile floor.
    — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 14 Mar. 2024
  • On either side of the bed are Mother Mary’s demilune tables and porcelain lamps that were in her bedroom for years.
    — Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Or the thrones hewn from single blocks of serpentine, the porcelain tiles studded with diamonds, and the life-size white-marble elephants standing sentry in jasmine-scented gardens.
    — Lee Cobaj, Robb Report, 14 Apr. 2024
  • From heirloom furniture to delicate porcelain, vintage clothing to unique jewelry, visitors can discover timeless pieces that tell stories of the past.
    — Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
  • Some of the makeup is remarkably detailed — such as the porcelain doll character (played by Chase Rindisbachner), who has a cut across her forehead with stuffing falling out of it.
    — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Oct. 2022
  • The porcelain coffee cup in her hand is still on sale for $150.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 3 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • That, or telling them that your mother was a porcelain doll.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Blue and white porcelain keeps it light, while piles of pine cones keep the scheme seasonal.
    — Anna Fixsen, ELLE Decor, 11 Aug. 2023
  • And Paulina’s in-laws treated her like a porcelain doll.
    — The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Then mix touch-up porcelain paint to match the color of the tile as closely as possible.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The marble-look porcelain-tile backsplash extends from counter to ceiling around the stove and range hood.
    — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022
  • And the party didn’t stop once the last bite of honey cake dessert was served—on a fine set of Loro Piana stripe-trimmed, bone porcelain plates, by the way.
    — Vogue, 11 July 2023
  • The dukes as well as kings, popes, cardinals, and princes of a certain era obsessed over porcelain.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
  • At his New York apartment, porcelain was displayed floor to ceiling, wall to wall.
    — Paul Arnhold, Town & Country, 10 Oct. 2022
  • It's made with porcelain, which is more durable than ceramic.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 22 June 2023
  • Her face is mocking, with a smile cutting through her porcelain beauty, teeth barred and ready to bite down on the words that follow.
    — Vulture, 4 May 2023
  • Out came the wall-to-wall carpet that was ill-suited to the muddy locale; in went wipeable porcelain tile that looks like wood.
    — Laura Fenton, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • One tomb was shaped like the handle of a knife, the researchers said, and contained 50 Tang tricolor pieces and more than 20 porcelain pieces.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
  • While vintage replicas of the sink are popular, they can also be found in modern styles beyond their porcelain origins.
    — Chantal Lamers, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 June 2024
  • Disdained as kitschy by many, the porcelain statuettes had an undeniable appeal, and collectors cherished them, amassing them by the hundreds or even thousands.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 23 May 2024

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