pearls


see cast pearls before swine.

Words Nearby pearls

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How to use pearls in a sentence

  • Then, in a bitter temper, she stooped again to rescue the bit of discolored paper that had fallen with the pearls.

    The Red Year | Louis Tracy
  • The extensive dominions of Portugal in the east had fallen off one by one, as pearls from a broken thread.

  • The string of pearls was coiled up in the midst of the roll of soiled muslin and the badge was pinned to one of the folds.

    The Red Year | Louis Tracy
  • And this virtue, O King Loc, which for the mind is what the soft radiance of pearls is for the eyes, is pity.

    Honey-Bee | Anatole France
  • She vowed she should never wear them again, as her skin was no longer white enough for pearls.

    Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton