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Example sentences for "crockery"

Lexicographically close words:
crocheted; crocheting; crochets; crock; crocked; crocketed; crockets; crocketted; crocks; crocodile
  1. They liked the market-place in front of the Romer not only because it was full of fascinating bargains in curious crockery and wooden-ware, but because there was scarcely any shade at all in it.

  2. The noise of clattered crockery was unceasing.

  3. Miss Marsh, recklessly tipping all the dirty crockery from the tray on to the counter.

  4. But Grace knew that when her room-mate came in tired at seven o'clock that evening she might very likely want "a good hot cup of tea" then and there, and she accordingly took the little heap of crockery into the bathroom.

  5. The deficiency in one kind however was made up by superabundance in another; the table was stocked with such wealth of crockery that one could not imagine any poverty in what was to go upon it.

  6. The gratitude of those poor creatures when I presented them with a set of table crockery apiece, the tears in their eyes and in their voices when they thanked me, would be impossible to describe.

  7. You need not remove the things now, Martha,' said he, as the rattling of the crockery announced that this process was commencing.

  8. They would drink the oil of my floating lamp and eat the wick, and upset or break my crockery if my lazy boys had neglected to wash away even the smell of anything eatable.

  9. Opposite to them a few shelves were filled with simple crockery and cooking utensils, and these also shone spotlessly.

  10. I can give you some green tea, though I am afraid it might be a good deal better than it is, and our crockery is not all you have been used to," he said.

  11. All went regularly on amid a clatter of knives and voices and dishes; and the clashing rise and fall of the wire baskets plunging the soiled crockery into misty depths, whence it came up clean and dry without the touch of finger or towel.

  12. In fact, they themselves got the Bear so far into the crockery shop that no one could get him out without smashing to pieces the whole establishment.

  13. The ship heeled violently, and the stunning sound of the explosion died away amid the uproar of men's voices along the mess-deck and the tinkle and clatter of broken crockery in the wardroom pantry.

  14. He ate his meals in a mess with twenty other men, the mess consisting of a deal plank covered with oilcloth for a table, and two narrower planks on either side as seats; there were shelves for crockery against the ship's side.

  15. There was a jingle of crockery as he bumped the table leg in sitting down.

  16. To be in a crockery store, indicates, if you are a merchant or business man, that you will look well to the details of your business and thereby experience profit.

  17. To dream of seeing your business partner with a basket of crockery on his back, and, letting it fall, gets it mixed with other crockery, denotes your business will sustain a loss through the indiscriminate dealings of your partner.

  18. The boxes had first to be sorted out; one had no name on, and one of the crockery cases could not at first be found, having been addressed differently to the other Government cases.

  19. These crockery cases took some time to unpack.

  20. He was just indeed asking Mr Meldrum whether he felt hungry or not, when suddenly a great commotion was heard down the companion hatch, as of voices in altercation, a crash of crockery following in rapid sequence.

  21. You are lying," repeated Volodya; and he brought his fist down on the table with such force that all the crockery shook and maman's tea was spilt over.

  22. I thought I should have died with laughing,' announced that youth, sitting down easily among the crockery on the table.

  23. The next time he came he brought some copal tied up in a cotton cloth, and after heating the incense on a piece of crockery he waved the smoke over the plants, which he had placed in front of him.

  24. He carefully opened the basket and removed a stone crock and two crockery mugs.

  25. The crockery burst on impact and the fuse ignited the contents.

  26. Snarbi dragged over the crockery jars of oil, water and fuel while Jason filled the tanks.

  27. At the end of that time the crockery is comfortably settled in other cupboards, the books on other shelves, the wine in other bins, the curtains are hung on other poles, and all is arranged.

  28. The crockery is left in the cupboards, the books on the shelves, the wine in the bins, the curtains on their poles, and the family that is understanding goes for a fortnight to Brighton.

  29. Kitchen crockery is being rapidly supplanted by the porcelain enamel dishes, which, though rather more expensive in the beginning, are unbreakable, and so cheaper in the long run.

  30. See that she has all the tools necessary to her work, replacing broken or useless utensils and assuring yourself that the cutlery and crockery for her individual table use are whole and inviting.

  31. The shelves should be wiped off and regulated once a week, and crockery and utensils kept as bright and shining as plenty of soap and hot water can make them.

  32. Broken crockery and oyster-shells are suggestive of restaurants--but then they could have had no such places away up there on that mountain side in our time, because nobody has lived up there.

  33. Among the oyster-shells were mixed many fragments of ancient, broken crockery ware.

  34. The merchandise piled on all sides, and even under the bed, included very secondhand wearing apparel, sheets, blankets, crockery and toys.

  35. I boiled some water in my little copper and made some coffee, which they drank gratefully--out of shaving mugs; my outfit of crockery being otherwise rather limited.

  36. The mirrors and the crockery sparkled from baths of hot water and soap.

  37. The Captain and I ate out of the same plate and drank out of the same metal cup, for crockery was scarce.


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "crockery" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.