It was one of the two middle houses of a detached terrace of four houses built by her grandfather Lessways, the teapot manufacturer; it was the chief of the four, obviously the habitation of the proprietor of the terrace.
In a few moments Florrie entered with the teapot and the hot-water jug.
He wanted to tell her he adored her, and it reached her across the teapot in the form of comments on the uncertainties of her behaviour.
Amanda went out hurriedly, and returned with a britannia teapot and a tumbler.
Mrs. Babcock shook her head, and Amanda carried the teapot and tumbler back to the kitchen, then she seated herself again, and resumed her mending.
The afternoon progressed, and the fellows came trooping in to tea at six, the old woman first arriving; to lay the cloth and put on the china teapot and tin mugs.
Something fell heavily against the bottom of the tin, and in an instant she slammed down the lid, and threw the empty teapot in among the boulders, where it smashed to pieces.
Then, taking up the teapot again, she placed one hand firmly upon the ti-tree bark covering the top, while with the other she unfastened the strip of rag that kept it in position.
Placing the teapot on the ground, she lifted the stiff, creaking lid of the tin and pushed it well back.
I'm trying to keep frae thinking o't till he's gone, in case I should let the teapot fall.
To Nanny the table now presented a rich appearance, for besides the teapot there were butter and loaf-bread and cheesies: a biscuit of which only Thrums knows the secret.
SARAH (coming down, putting the teapot in EMMA'S hands).
And I can take her home and give her back her little rooms over Mulligans', and the blue teapot and Tabby, and everything she loves.
Now that this tempest in a teapot is over, you can all go off and finish your games.
And Dan, who in the old days of Tabby and the blue teapot had watched with and waited on Aunt Winnie through many a night of pain, proved as good as his word.
I miss the pot of flowers on the window (it's against the rule to grow flowers here), and me own little blue teapot on the stove, and Tabby curled up on the mat before the fire.
But he could not concentrate his thoughts, for most of them were with his heart--yearning toward the teapot and the covered dish.
A small teapot stood there, with steam rising from its spout.
He lifted the teapot and poured some of the steaming amber liquid into the cup.
With an effort, he turned his face away from the teapot and the covered dish.
The tea in them is still warm, and theteapot is quite hot.
Some tea, and bread and butter," and she glanced towards a table, on which stood a teapot and an empty plate.
In the wide fireplace the minister had kindled a fire; and in a little blue teapot he was just making the tea; the kettle stood on the hearth.
He placed a small table by her side and set the tray there; put the teapot down by the fire; and taking a view of his wife, gave a slight smile at the picture.
There was a bit of cold partridge, and toast; and Basil filled Diana's cup from a little teapot he had set by the fire.
The teapot had a chip out of the spout, an' she did jist pass her finger along it.
And when I think o' you standin' in yard jist now, wavin' the teapot and tuckin' the little pig under your arm!
He paused to look round at his audience and see the effect of this statement, and the schoolmaster took advantage of the pause to ask, "Were you in the habit of putting money in that teapot for safe-keeping, Uncle Jabez?
So next day Sara seated herself, with an old atlas for a desk, and wrote with care and precision what she had to tell; then, directing the missive, she went to the old teapot in search of the two cents to pay its postage.
John Westlock put the teapot down, and looked at him, in astonishment.
During this touching address, Mrs Prig adroitly feigning to be the victim of that absence of mind which has its origin in excessive attention to one topic, helped herself from the teapot without appearing to observe it.
As they went on to exchange some few remarks in whispers, the very water in the teapot might have fallen twenty degrees in temperature beneath their chilling coldness.
It is possible to grow almost poetical over a silver teapotwhen one is going to be married to-morrow.
Probably for all my life; and on the other side of the teapotwill be the cream jug, and the electro-plated urn will hiss away behind them both.
Miss Ainslie was bending over the table, and the white hand that held the teapot trembled a little.
Miss Ainslie spread a napkin of finest damask upon the little mahogany tea table, then brought in a silver teapot of quaint design, and two cups of Japanese china, dainty to the point of fragility.
Scald the teapot and put in 4 teaspoonfuls of tea leaves.
Your English cousins use a "cosy" to cover the hotteapot or coffee pot.
He remembered hearing rumours of missing furniture in the house, and almost a smile came into his eyes as he saw the little old table with the spirit-lamp and teapot thereon, the bed-clothing and washing-basin.
I should be grieved for the General's new-born tooth to start its life by aching--let's go home and make shift with teapot tea.
On the whole I prefer Eastend-on-Mud to Teapot Bay!
The visitors and other inhabitants of Teapot Bay had returned from the Races, and were walking on the pier listening to the band.
If he is a man of determination, and is not easily disheartened, nine times out of ten he ultimately reaches Teapot Bay, where his arrival causes more astonishment than gratification.
The present condition of Teapot Bay is much the same--the roads running between two lines of cellars (contributions to houses that have yet to be built) are numerous and testify to good intentions never fulfilled.
But between London and Teapot Bay there are many slippery carriages, which stop at various Junctions, and refuse to go any further in the required direction.
In the hall she upset the teapot and a candle which was standing on the floor.
We took refuge by the fire and lighted our pipes; and soon the teapotwas singing invitingly.
I see'd a very pretty teapot and sugar basin in your cabin yestiddy.
In the first place after warming the teapot in the ordinary way, the fresh boiling water that was poured into it, sank invariably to under 200 degrees Fahr.
Where there are no cups or teapot put the leaves in the pot or kettle, and drink through a reed with a wisp of grass in it, as they do in Paraguay.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "teapot" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
