How to Use crockery in a Sentence

crockery

noun
  • The cakes were stored in airtight crockery to mature for weeks.
    — Cassandra King, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Tea-trays come with starched cloths and sparkling pots, alongside fine crockery and silver.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Feb. 2026
  • There will be a lot of broken crockery when the enforcement gang comes to town.
    — Philip Demuth, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Does your Nordic crockery have a lovely dove-gray and pink color scheme?
    — Maggie Lange, Bon Appetit, 11 Jan. 2017
  • Not gold doubloons, but old rum bottles and crockery that workers would come across.
    — Jonathan Levin, latimes.com, 12 July 2019
  • Everyone sat around the table, the good crockery was brought out and tea cosies were laid.
    — Arundhati Ail, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2024
  • Yet the crockery-breaking leader has shown signs of evolving.
    — Peter Baker, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2017
  • All of it has come crashing down, and now there are also more plates falling from the sky, like crockery-hail.
    — S. Mitra Kalita, CNN, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Place the carrots, lemon slices and capers together in a large crockery or glass bowl.
    — Dan Rodricks, baltimoresun.com, 14 July 2017
  • Guests are served alfresco at a plain table dressed up with vintage crockery.
    — David A. Keeps, ELLE Decor, 24 July 2012
  • Styling your bookshelves or walls with vintage china plates or crockery is a great way to add some class and charm to your space.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Herron cleared away the coffee crockery and came back from the kitchen with a handful of treats for the kittens.
    — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2022
  • These objects are most household crockery, along with some fencing equipment and fish hooks.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The right channel shows an inner room with a cupboard filled with blue-and-white Delft-like crockery.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2017
  • The blue and white crockery showcased on this kitchen island stay in tune with the room's color scheme for a cohesive look.
    — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The regal table was emblazoned with floral pink and gold crockery.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
  • Levin recalls having seen his sister-in-law scolding her children for messing around with the food and crockery.
    — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 16 May 2021
  • According to Lois, in the 1890s the store sold dry goods, crockery, hats, etc.
    — cleveland, 6 June 2021
  • The team kept its retro color palette and furniture, but dressed the restaurant with crockery, signage, menus, and decor.
    — Sonia Saraiya, HWD, 14 June 2018
  • The cupboards are stocked with Gien crockery and Fortnum & Mason tea bags.
    — Jo Rodgers, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024
  • These could include breaking crockery, spoiling milk, knocking on walls or even poisoning crops.
    — Regina Hansen, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2018
  • The two of them bicker a lot as well, and cuss words are tossed about along with crockery and some artworks Modi intends to destroy.
    — Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Sep. 2024
  • On the other side is a set of crockery by Christofle of Paris matched to salt and pepper grinders, all engraved with the car’s name.
    — Jeremy Taylor, Robb Report, 27 May 2021
  • Fish bones, fruit peels and oyster shells all feature in the crockery, which is intended to be used as servingware in the same restaurant.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The photos in the menu show there are no paper plates as each course comes with actual crockery and cutlery whilst the mocktails are served in glasses.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
  • These early skull-cups were the forerunners of a long tradition of cranial crockery that continues to this day.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 16 Feb. 2011
  • People in period costumes dance to the swing music filling the air, while others shop for old-fashioned crockery and clothes.
    — Bryony Jones, CNN, 7 June 2017
  • There are still do not disturb signs, menus, folders of guest information, time sheets, crockery, and all sorts of other things among the debris.
    — Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2022
  • There are still do not disturb signs, menus, folders of guest information, time sheets, crockery, and all sorts of other things among the debris.
    — Kent Russell, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
  • Vintage China Styling your bookshelves or walls with vintage china plates or crockery is a great way to add some class and charm to your space.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2024

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