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How to use vase in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Vase means an upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers. Example: “He always keeps a vase full of flowers in his office.”

Examples of vase by meaning

nounAn upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.

  • a vase of flowers
  • Tiptoeing with solemn face, with some flowers and a vase, in they walked in and then said, "Ahhh," when they saw the toys and candy and the dollhouse from Papa.1939, Ludwig Bemelmans, Madeline, pages 35-36

verbTo place in a vase or similar container.

  • She bought only pastel pencils and vased them in cups, great wooden bouquets in mugs on nightstands and kitchen chairs.2009, Emily Bobo, Marvin Bell, Fugue, page 21
  • After she'd finished, she picked a bouquet of wildflowers and vased them in an old mason jar.2021, Christine DePetrillo, Wolf Love, page 172

More sentences with vase

  • He always keeps a vase full of flowers in his office.From the entry flower
  • The queen placed the vase on the plinth so the cupbearer could fill it with flowers.From the entry plinth
  • That vase isn't exactly central. Could you move it over a couple of inches?From the entry over
  • She caught the fragile vase before it could shatter on the floor.From the entry fragile
  • I told him that I'd broken the vase, and he went off the deep end.From the entry off the deep end
  • The long-stemmed roses didn't fit in the short vase because the stems were too long.From the entry stemmed
  • It took years for the archeologist to piece together the fragments of the shattered vase.From the entry piece together
  • This vase is not worth a dime. Why did you pay so much for it?From the entry not worth a dime
  • It's a good job that he was there to catch the vase when I dropped it.From the entry good job
  • A vase of flowers stood on the table.From the entry on
  • If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.From the entry break
  • A ceramic vase stood on the table.From the entry ceramic
  • She looked at him accusingly after the vase broke.From the entry accusingly
  • They used an adhesive to repair the broken vase.From the entry adhesive
  • One vase is the pendant to the other vase.From the entry pendant
  • The vase contained a single long-stemmed rose.From the entry single
  • They docked me ten dollars for breaking the vase.From the entry dock
  • To roll up the vase in bubble wrap.From the entry roll
  • The triple markings on this vase are quite unique.From the entry triple
  • Really, I like the floral pattern on this Chinese vase.From the entry floral
  • After the vase had fallen down the flight of stairs we were amazed to find it still unbroken.From the entry unbroken
  • The brushed aluminum vase had a soft appearance.From the entry brushed
  • What a lovely vase! You shouldn't have!From the entry you shouldn't have
  • He carefully put the vase back on the shelf.From the entry put back
  • Sorry. I knocked over the vase by accident.From the entry by accident
  • Hold tight to that vase, and don't drop it.From the entry hold tight
  • The wilted flowers emerged droopingly from their vase.From the entry droopingly
  • The flowers are in a blown glass vase.From the entry blown glass
  • You know this freaky-creepy weird vase up here that has that moon rune writing on it?2014, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Son of No One: Hellchaser #6. From the entry moon rune
  • Why buy a $50 vase when you can print one for $2?2013 September 3, Brit Morin, “13 ways to decorate with 3-D style”, in CNN. From the entry crafty
  • Ultimately, the form might have been inspired by bent-leg vases produced in Greece.2013, Richard Daniel De Puma, Etruscan Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, page 107. From the entry sea horse
  • Giunta became most fixated on the bouquets’ vases: typically baroque handblown Venetian goblets of sap-green glass.2007 June 3, David Colman, “When in the Netherlands...”, in New York Times. From the entry handblown
  • Aunt Cass rearranged the bouquet of spoons in the little vase on the table.2005, Mildred M. Jeffrey, Walking the Cliffs, page 10. From the entry bouquet
  • Vivienne would have liked to see glassmakers and buy a Murano vase.2005, Canoe Gandilhon, The Emperor's Bracelet, page 68. From the entry Murano
  • In vases of coloured glass, expensive cut flowers were silently screaming as they smellily expired.2002, Will Self, Dorian. From the entry smellily
  • Rookwood soon became world famous for its beautifully decorated vases, gardenware and faience.1998, The American Ceramic Society: 100 Years, The American Ceramic Society, →ISBN, pages 43–44. From the entry gardenware

Meaning of vase

  1. noun An upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.
  2. noun The body of the Corinthian capital.
  3. verb To place in a vase or similar container.

Full definition of vase

Questions about vase in a sentence

How do you use vase in a sentence?
Vase is used as a noun and verb. For example: “He always keeps a vase full of flowers in his office.”
What is a short sentence with vase?
“a vase of flowers”
What does vase mean?
Vase means an upright open container used mainly for displaying fresh, dried, or artificial flowers.

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