Example sentences for: gem

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

  • Things to keep an eye out for include gold and silver jewelry and such gem stones as diamonds, sapphires, and emeralds set in gold from Christian Dior and other leading designers.

  • The impulse is partly commercial, partly sentimental, partly a wish to uncover just one more unsuspected gem.

  • Highlights of the vast interior include the Royal Chapel, a gem of high Baroque; the State Apartments, in which Louis XIV used to entertain; the Salon de Diane, where he would try his hand at billiards; and the glittering Hall of Mirrors (Galerie des Glaces), 73 m (240 ft) long and built to catch the setting sun in 17 tall, arched panels of mirrors.

  • Among this year's bumper crop of teenage movies, it is the shallowest and most prurient" (Stephen Holden, the New York Times ). The most positive take comes from the Washington Post 's Michael O'Sullivan, who writes that it's a "warped, hysterical and--believe it or not--sweet little gem of a movie."

  • This is an Art Nouveau gem, from the façade — where the statue and name of Liszt dominate — through to the lobby and interior.


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