Sentence examples for delicate china from inspiring English sources

I really can't overstate how delicate china is.

There are flowery embroidered tablecloths and delicate china cups.

Finally, she put the still-warm cakes on delicate china plates in front of them.

He is charming and courteous, serving tea in delicate china cups and apologising for his English (which is very good).

Ten million square feet of office space, even in eye-popping buildings, would be a very large bull in this delicate china shop.

Men and women in business suits peered at booths exhibiting the latest luxuries of the hotel and restaurant businesses: fine linens, delicate china, specialty coffees.

Creamy marasmius mushroom caps balance like delicate dollhouse china, teetering atop wiry black stems.

"Mere feminine, delicate, Dresden china type of women get nowhere in business or professional life.

Three "courses" might comprise, say, yoghurt with fruit, then smoked salmon and cream cheese or Mexican-style eggs, then homemade cake, all beautifully served on delicate white china with white linen napkins.

The literary junkie Thomas de Quincey was of the opinion that "happiness comes in with the tea tray", I agree; we should have teapots and delicate little china cups in every office and factory.

"Memory tends to recall the best rather than the worst of an era," he said, sipping coffee from a delicate bone china cup as the dreary winter rain pelted the windows of his living room.