conversation piece

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Recent Examples of conversation piece These trophies were two of my best conversation pieces. Charles Elliott, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2025 The story was always meant to be a conversation piece. Angelique Jackson, Variety, 19 Aug. 2025 By 2009, Succotash had moved to its cozy corner spot on Holmes Street, where Barden set about collecting colorful conversation pieces from friends and wholesalers. Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 25 June 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
  • Each one also contains an assortment of high-end trinkets to open daily in the lead-up to December 25, helping your giftees tap into childlike whimsy for the holiday season.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
  • From a gift of Elizabeth Taylor’s ring, bestowed on Allura, by her cheating younger husband, to $40 million worth of trinkets that Liberty helps salvage from her Upper East Side client wanting a divorce.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • For accessories, Moore opted for dainty baubles from Shay Jewelry.
    Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Aside from Larsson, other trendsetters are joining in on the trend, attaching chains, keychains and other baubles to their jeans.
    Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Read on to shop our picks for the best stocking stuffers and mini delights for this holiday season—including sweet treats, cold-weather accessories, and charming knickknacks.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Plus, the top is ideal for displaying decor like family photos or knickknacks.
    Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But while many edibles and ornamentals make good companions for apples and other fruit trees, some plants just don't belong in your backyard orchard.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 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
Noun
  • Each video, on its own, is a digital curio, the value of which drops to zero after the initial view.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Made in Ancient Egypt, which opened this month at Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum, features commemorative stela, golden coffins and masks, and sundry curios created in a style that changed very little down the centuries.
    Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Lastly, the age of buying tchotchkes on late-night TV may be coming back courtesy of YouTube.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Blasena emphasizes that lighting and draping that eliminates unsightly walls can make a space feel intimate, while a focal bar, signature cocktails, a photo booth, and late-night tchotchkes, such as glow sticks, flashing glasses, and flip flops, can amp up the atmosphere.
    Shelby Wax, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025

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