How to Use teacup in a Sentence

teacup

noun
  • The window to score was the size of a teacup.
    — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
  • Things in my head are spinning around like teacups.
    — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
  • And then raised the teacup to my lips to keep from blubbering.
    — Alice McDermott, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Keep small pets like cats and teacup-sized dogs safely indoors at night.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Keep small pets like cats and teacup-sized dogs safely indoors at night.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
  • These include teacups, dough bowls and ice cream pedestal dishes.
    — Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026
  • And then there’s the sweet beige rubble to swirl out of the bottom of the teacup.
    — Washington Post, 10 May 2022
  • Alina cradled her teacup, half awestruck.
    — Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Our teacups shook, and mine—closest to the edge—fell to the floor and shattered.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Apr. 2026
  • My neighbor would send me two tablespoons of food in a teacup.
    — TIME.com, 1 Mar. 2018
  • But no one need doubt that the teacup ride will function as advertised.
    — David Mamet, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Frau Hermann called from the kitchen amid a rattling of teacups and plates.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Raffle prizes, teacup raffle and course contests add to the day.
    — courant.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • No need to worry about sourcing a matching teacup!
    — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 6 May 2026
  • No need to worry about sourcing a matching teacup!
    — Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The dog is a teacup poodle that Bloom adopted last year and has gushed about.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 16 Aug. 2025
  • There’s even the option to add a subwoofer for those who like to hear their teacups rattle.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Gone are the days — more or less — of dressing-room scraps or managers hurling teacups at the wall.
    — George Caulkin, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
  • There’s cottage pie baked in an oversized teacup, dense with peas, potatoes, ground meat and gravy.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Fill each teacup with soaked floral foam and add in small blooms, like grape hyacinth or lily of the valley.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2024
  • His typescripts and teacups were sacralized, like the Shroud of Turin.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Each one includes details that reflect her daily life, from her cross to her teacup.
    — Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Starting with a cocoon in a teacup, Bombyx mori is a moth that can no longer fly.
    — Barrett Klein, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The restaurant also has a shop that offers wine, tequila, teacups and more gifts for sale.
    — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
  • There’s a basketball on the inside of the teacup, for instance.
    — New York Times, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Find instructions here, and thrift stylish vessels like jars, teacups, and copper bowls.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Mix our version of The Sunken Place in a teacup for full effect.
    — AJC.com, 6 Mar. 2018
  • The toddler poses with a teacup and smiles alongside her family in the cute snaps.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The Thunder defense is a very complex storm in an arena-sized teacup.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 13 May 2025
  • The picture was of about four dozen floral design teacups, and the video showed her dancing in a short sparkling dress.
    — Sossy Dombourian, NBC news, 4 May 2026

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