How to Use bric-a-brac in a Sentence
bric-a-brac
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Uncle Herschel is back, but his bric-a-brac may stay in the landfill.
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Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
26 Aug. 2025
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Cracker Barrel’s decor harkens back to a time of family restaurants with bric-a-brac covering the walls.
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Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Clean Up Your Mess To be fair, some booths at antiques stores are a hot mess, with junk piled high like bric-a-brac Jenga.
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Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
6 Apr. 2026
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Girlfriend scales the diaristic, bric-a-brac charm of Janky Star into a high-drama pop monument to trying, flopping, and trying even harder next time.
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Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
20 Mar. 2026
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The 17-minute short is also animation art of the highest order, seen in the extraordinary bric-a-brac detail of a pawnshop, lending it an immersive authenticity.
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John Hopewell,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2026
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Small, independent merchants don’t offer the bric-a-brac of Christmas baubles of embroidered kilts found in nearby (and more touristy) Pitlochry, but instead opt for used books at The Birnam Reader, artisanal cheeses and baked goods at Aran Bakery, and small-batch gin at LÒN.
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Timothy Latterner,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Feb. 2026
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The cluttered bric-a-brac shop provides artifacts for the conceptual vignettes displayed in the nearby Museum of Innocence, based on the namesake novel by Nobel Prize–winning Turkish author Orhan Pamuk (who also happened to live in the house before it was converted into a museum).
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Ashlea Halpern,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Dec. 2018
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