How to Use bell jar in a Sentence

bell jar

noun
  • Many of the scents are housed in the brand's iconic bell jars.
    — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 27 June 2026
  • To easily fill, hold the cloche or bell jar upside down and fill with pumpkins.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 14 Sep. 2022
  • To easily fill, hold the cloche or bell jar upside down and fill with pumpkins.
    — Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 21 June 2023
  • But somebody had just put a bell jar between me and them, and that feeling of being free from them was profound.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023
  • Showcase miniature pumpkins in an elegant fashion with a bell jar or cloche.
    — Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The sticks that protrude are enclosed in glass bell jars, a cheeky allusion to taxidermy displays.
    — Catherine Romano, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2018
  • The records inside will be in a protective metal bell jar with an air pocket designed to guard against moisture.
    — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • But Beijing’s vow to keep the city in a political bell jar for 50 years has been shattered.
    — New York Times, 30 June 2022
  • But where other celebrities rarely take stock of their actions while trapped in the bell jar, Heidi revisits those moments out loud.
    — Anne T. Donahue, Marie Claire, 8 July 2019
  • Kristen made everything better, her confidence like a bell jar of security in a strange and gnarled world.
    — Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 26 July 2021
  • There are bell jars in the middle of every table, with dollar bills stuffed in, and everybody’s speaking English.
    — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 20 Apr. 2023
  • The problem is the dramatic vacuum, or suffocating bell jar, in which her performance plays out.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Bird and Feather Templates A bell jar gives a no-carve pumpkin, with bird and feather designs, the star treatment.
    — Country Living Staff, Country Living, 23 June 2020
  • But after a few minutes in a bell jar suffused with anesthetic fumes, Mimosa becomes unresponsive.
    — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 14 Feb. 2023
  • While conversations rarely penetrate the bell jar of my self-containment, inventive forms of caregiving do.
    — Susan Gubar, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 May 2018
  • First, Scotch is combined with Chartreuse; then the mixture is sprayed with a peaty tincture and placed under a bell jar, which a bartender proceeds to pump full of wood smoke.
    — David Kortava, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2018
  • In another, new lab, superfluid helium simmered inside a silvered bell jar.
    — Quanta Magazine, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The décor was full of surprises, from cracked open pomegranates, to apples under bell jars, with gorgeous vintage velvet sofas and pillows throughout the space, and trees lining the room.
    — Belathée, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Many rooms center on glass cases reminiscent of bell jars, an icon of scientific objectivity.
    — Nathan Heller, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Its ringing, however, is now barely audible beneath the glass bell jar protecting the experiment.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The beautiful ombre color of the glass bell jar also makes this candle a handsome addition to a Christmas mantel or holiday display.
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Nov. 2023
  • On Tuesday, two men at a museum in the Netherlands lifted a black sheet off a table to reveal a cantaloupe-size globe of overcooked meat perspiring under a bell jar.
    — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The dinner tablescapes were covered in iridescent cellophane, and had cotton-candy-color blooms enclosed in Beauty and the Beast–style bell jars.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2019
  • Add height with tall candlesticks Candles and candle accessories, like candlestick holders, bell jars, and hurricane glasses, can help fill out empty space on a mantel.
    — Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 13 Sep. 2024
  • This best-selling Farm Apple and Pumpkin candle is also available in a 12oz jar candle, in a clear 18oz bell jar candle, and in scented wax melts.
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Eileen Roscina Richardson applies the ancient art of natural tree shaping to fungi, using light exposure to make her plants grow in zig-zag patterns, and then places them under bell jars for public inspection.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Know, 19 Nov. 2019

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