conversation piece

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Recent Examples of conversation piece Make sure your patio space is decked out with these conversation pieces or pick up a new grill and get the family together this summer. Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 22 May 2025 In a hot pink colorway, the clutch will become your vanity’s newest conversation piece. Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 22 May 2025 The experience is bound to be a conversation piece, especially three tequilas in. Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2025 Designers are treating them as conversation pieces to bring more texture, proportion, and detail into a room—we’re seeing bold silhouettes, statement-making legs, faceted fronts that play with light and shadow, and materials ranging from earthy mango wood to coastal cane. Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for conversation piece
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conversation piece
Noun
  • Junk in the Trunk sale will feature more than 46 vendors with treasures, trinkets and more.
    Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Charlie Hunnam will play the notorious murderer who, among other things, fashioned trinkets and furniture out of the corpses from robbed graves.
    Lucy Ford, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • This is your stop for it all: clothing, decor, furniture, gifts, and baubles, as The Domain has more than 100 shopping and dining options.
    Amanda Ogle, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2025
  • DeLucia’s stagings include a bevy of baubles.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Whether antiques, cherished knickknacks, or heirlooms, items that are very delicate and/or precious to the customer are typically items house cleaners won’t want to mess with in order to cut down the risk of damaging them.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Don’t fill your space with knickknacks from a one-stop shopping spree.
    Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Another garden mainstay, marigolds bloom from early summer through fall, and they're cherished as ornamentals as well as pest-repelling companion plants.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Mealybugs can affect all types of crops, ornamentals, and houseplants, including succulents and cacti.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • At the other end is the caricature, butt of flabby jokes, trussed in Las Vegas gaud, voice prostituted to a huge orchestra.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Even its colors, silver and space gray, seem to have been chosen for their lack of gaud—no blingy gold model here.
    David Pierce, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2017
Noun
  • The painting then remained in the artist’s possession and out of public sight until it was bought, in 1927, as a chic bibelot for a swanky members-only social club in London.
    Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022
  • Bruno Magli’s luxe nappa leather bibelot upgrades the standard-issue, white plastic AirPods case.
    Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 16 Nov. 2021

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