Sentence examples for shallow cup from inspiring English sources

The dark brown acorns are enclosed at the base in a thin, shallow cup.

The acorn is about 3 cm long and held at the base in a shallow cup.

The ground parrot (Pezoporus wallicus) lays its eggs in a shallow cup on the ground.

Flower: perianth reduced to adaxial nectary (rarely also with abaxial nectary, then free or fused into shallow cup).

The shallow cup of the compact looked to be holding a kind of flesh dust, a spare skin.

Before this, diamonds were set in a full shallow cup of metal, obscuring most of the stone, according to Forbes.

Once a female manakin selects a mate, she constructs a small shallow, cupped nest near the ground.

There's a tea set with wide shallow cups, designed that way so the liquid would cool quickly and discourage guests from overstaying their welcome.

For another delicious and nutritious treat, press bite-size pitted prunes to form shallow cups and top each with a ball of finely chopped blanched almonds mixed with a little honey.

In formal classes and for individuals, he and his wife, Winnie Lee, who run the store, can explain the subtleties of oolong versus black teas, how to brew tea properly, and how to appreciate it -- first for its aroma, then for its flavor -- in small, shallow cups.

Two short plastered pedestals with shallow cup-shaped hollows at their tops stand at the head and foot of the tomb.