Example Sentences

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Mix it all together and deliver in a lidded deli tub.

From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026

The ceramic backsplash, dishes and lidded jars are all by Adam Miller for Reaperware.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2024

Auctioneers originally thought the lidded vase was from the 20th Century but now believe it to be a "superb quality" 18th Century creation from the Qianlong period.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2023

Mayhew, who has mixed African American and Native American ancestry, has a stocky frame, a salt and pepper goatee and heavily lidded eyes; his speech is punctuated by a compulsive chuckle.

From New York Times • May 25, 2023

“Very pleasant, thank you,” said Mum, as a tubby man with joke-shop sideburns trundled a large, white, lidded wheely bucket round from the front of the house.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell