pearls

Example Sentences

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Throughout it all, most of the models sported strings of pearls wound around their necks.

From Seattle Times

A self-taught tailor, Mr. Cole found his inner Bob Mackie to make his own outfits, sewing elaborate confections of feathers, rhinestones, pearls and satin.

From New York Times

You might learn about peasantry and possibility and gather such pearls as this from May, about his players: “They weren’t afraid to lose today and go home. They’re not afraid of failure.”

From Washington Post

There he is, in the arena hallway, surrounded by TV cameras, sharing pearls about “how fragile it is,” life in the brackets.

From Washington Post

“And yet people are clutching their pearls and still parroting the ‘orange man bad’ mentality?” she said.

From New York Times