alabaster

Example Sentences

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"There were fluted columns in African marble, alabaster columns, and stucco ornamentation decorated with gold leaf."

From DOGO News

I hunkered down under the single umbrellaed table, slathering SPF 50 on my alabaster legs.

From Salon

Limestone, marble and alabaster are among the most solid materials employed by artists, yet Deborah Reichmann sees them as endlessly mutable.

From Washington Post

Alice Krige has a face, a voice, and that luminous alabaster skin, that makes her both regal and yet also almost otherworldly.

From Salon

The intention was to scrub the honey-hued marble alabaster white to convey classical perfection.

From New York Times