How to Use china in a Sentence

china

noun
  • She uses her good china when she has company for dinner.
  • Make your china look just as great for years to come with these tips.
    — Alysha Witwicki, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2018
  • This will not be not the plain white china to be found at Ikea.
    — Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 14 June 2018
  • Sadly, there's no china in the book.
    — Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Skip the china, and don’t worry about spending a ton on decor.
    — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 19 Dec. 2024
  • After the elephants have trashed your china, keep your eye on him.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Diners ate on white linen tablecloths and trendy white and glass china.
    — Lois K. Solomon, Sun-Sentinel.com, 25 Dec. 2017
  • The tables sit under white cloths, and the places are set with white china traced with gold.
    — Pete Wells, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Haul out old china and put heirloom patterns back on the table.
    — Marni Jameson, orlandosentinel.com, 19 July 2019
  • This is a president who likes to break china, and sometimes goes too far.
    — Howard Kurtz, Fox News, 13 June 2018
  • The silk running shorts in china pink and blue looked cool, but so did slim trousers with cuffs that could be turned up.
    — Cathy Horyn, The Cut, 4 Oct. 2017
  • Smith said there is much less interest in fine china and glassware these days.
    — Annie Gentile, Courant Community, 3 Apr. 2018
  • Yet the Toreros are once again the bull in the conference’s china shop.
    — Mike Hiserman, latimes.com, 28 Oct. 2017
  • The gold rims on Grandma's china could get ruined by a scrub brush.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
  • His clay sculptures line the china cabinet in the front room.
    — Lydia Woolever, Popular Mechanics, 28 Nov. 2018
  • This china has been in their family for years, and her great-aunt wanted to send as a gift.
    — Alissa Walker, Curbed, 21 Dec. 2018
  • The items taken were stereo equipment and some antique china.
    — cleveland, 4 Mar. 2020
  • What happens to the set of heirloom china no one in the family wants?
    — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 29 Nov. 2019
  • The effect is not of a bull in a china shop, or of peasants storming the Bastille.
    — Sonia Saraiya, HWD, 9 May 2018
  • The fare is rightfully plated on china that serves as the canvas.
    — Jenna Scatena, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2018
  • And black tea contains tannins, which is likely to leave stains and marks on fabric, skin, china, and even teeth.
    — Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN, 7 June 2019
  • Like the of squeaking of Styrofoam, or a butter knife on a china plate.
    — John Archibald | [email protected], al, 22 Jan. 2020
  • The sideboard and china cabinet in the dining room are filled with dishes.
    — Susan Harlan, Curbed, 11 July 2019
  • The table is set with delicate green china cups and saucers, and there’s a small plate of butter cookies.
    — Norman Vanamee, Town & Country, 16 May 2019
  • This does not look like a Peter Fitzgerald bull-in-a-china-shop routine.
    — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 17 May 2018
  • Wedding registries used to be for fine china and blenders, but more and more, couples are asking for the gift of travel.
    — Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Jan. 2017
  • The china gleamed, the Waterford sparkled, and the silver was polished.
    — Peter Folan, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
  • At the Woodside soiree, guests sipped from antique china tea cups and gazed out at a swimming pool, barns and acres of rolling green hills.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Cannifornian, 16 May 2017
  • There were the bigwigs gussied up in black tie, the fine china decorated in gold, the long red carpet, the thoughtful toasts.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • But Lovren gets him back with a hand to the chest and kick to the shin, and Sterling falls like the world’s tiniest china cabinet.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 12 July 2018

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