Example sentences for: brooch

How can you use “brooch” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It went on: "The American eagle brooch says without a word being exchanged that she is in hawkish, combative mood; the cherub brooch betokens the spirit of innocent accommodation; and the red and gold balloon brooch denotes a festive moment.

  • I learned, for example, how a diadem, brooch, or bracelet could be invisibly hinged so as to be completely flexible in all directions, not a rigid little beast of unyielding metal and stone, but supple, tender toward the body, changeable in mood.

  • I came home drained and exhausted from thinking about how to adjust my diadem and reassemble my lavaliere, and unable to choose between the Japanese-ribbon-knot brooch with the rubies and the Gothic-style double-circle brooch with the sapphires.

  • A ruby-and-diamond necklace might have to go for inheritance taxes: Cartier would buy it back, dismantle it entirely, and make it into two tiaras and a brooch for three other clients, maybe preserving some elements and using them upside down or sideways.

  • No crude prongs hold up these stones, but rather, a precise silvery tracing that sets off the diamond and emphasizes the interlaced design of the brooch while hiding its construction.


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