touchstone

And then there are the five-times-a-week regulars for whom The Cottage is a culinary touchstone.

Since 1977, Star Wars has been an essential touchstone for both Povenmire and Marsh.

When we were taping the premiere, he was the touchstone in my head of, “Am I working hard enough?”

On this, and on the variations of pain, you mentioned a passage in War and Peace that was a kind of touchstone.

Hating what the Wall has become is a touchstone of identity.

Of a certain knight,” returns Touchstone, “who swore by his honour they were good pancakes.

Both men had bitter hearts, for both knew well that the touchstone of this malice was Madame Chalice.

Nash was an ambiguous character but an excellent touchstone.

The shepherd in the play, when asked by Touchstone, "Hast any philosophy in thee?"

This is the true touchstone of all theories which regard man and the affairs of men: Does it suit his nature in general?