costume jewelry
Example Sentences
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Under the floorboards of her closet, Smith conceals “glittering refuse I had scavenged from trash bins, fragments of costume jewelry, rosary beads,” along with a blue toothbrush she’s invested with magical powers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2025
After two years of mostly small exchanges — cookbook galleys, costume jewelry, a set of dinner plates with just the right heft — we brought home something that, improbably, shifted the cadence of our cooking.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2025
She loved costume jewelry, as well as pieces by the Danish silversmith Georg Jensen and chairs, which she bought in abundance.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2023
They collected materials from local businesses and assembled small items like toys, costume jewelry, or artificial flowers.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
I certainly didn’t need another piece of costume jewelry, or a candy-flavored lip gloss, or a new CD at the mall.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
