rosewood

Example Sentences

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Its rosewood handle and rectangular blade have transformed the way I cook and even the way I live.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

Elites and aspiring members of the middle class filled their homes with furniture of mahogany, rosewood, and ebony.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

During a year-long investigation in both Senegal and The Gambia, multiple sources confirmed to the BBC that the rosewood being shipped out of The Gambia to China came from the Casamance region of southern Senegal.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2022

Gargantuan crystals from China “come out with hand-carved rosewood bases with flowers and trees, which complement the specimen from bottom up,” Megaw, the exhibits chair, said.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2021

My table was from my family and was of a very fragrant red wood, not what you call rosewood, but hong mu, which is so fine there’s no English word for it.

From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan