pearls
see cast pearls before swine.
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How to use pearls in a sentence
Later in the film, when she comes on wearing a strand of pearls, he snorts, “She looks like the queen.”
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCaligula drank “pearls of great price dissolved in vinegar.”
Both have elicited the same hand wringing and pearls clutching.
Dissed By Her Doctor for Wanting HIV Protection | Heather Boerner | September 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPlenty of us women were enjoying the same behavior (clutch your pearls); it was fun.
Dear Princeton Mom, Stop Telling Me To Husband-Hunt | Emily Shire | February 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMiller first appeared on the cover of Vogue in 1927 in a blue hat and pearls, drawn by renowned French illustrator Georges Lepape.
‘Lee Miller in Fashion’: A Look at the Famed War Photographer’s More Unknown Work | Erin Cunningham | October 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
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 TracyThe extensive dominions of Portugal in the east had fallen off one by one, as pearls from a broken thread.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil | Maria GrahamThe 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 TracyAnd 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 FranceShe vowed she should never wear them again, as her skin was no longer white enough for pearls.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
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