Example sentences for: jade

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

  • Since the mid-1980s, Eszterhas has been churning out more or less identical genre pictures: Jagged Edge (1985), Betrayed (1988), Basic Instinct (1992), Sliver (1993), Jade (1995) . Basic plot: Hero/heroine falls for weirdo.

  • A maze of alleys crammed with stalls, Qingping offers up acres of herbs, spices, jade, antiques, memorabilia, goldfish, songbirds, and a sometimes nightmarish display of live animals destined for the kitchen, including dogs, cats, and rare species.

  • Near the south entrance, in the Round City (Tuan Cheng), is a large ceremonial vessel of green jade presented in 1265 to Kublai Khan, who built a palace here and entertained Marco Polo on these lake shores in the 13th century.

  • Real jade is extremely expensive, and you may be offered counterfeit jade, which looks exactly like the genuine article.

  • There are, of course, many words used by men in actual reference to women, such as bird, dolly , doll, tart, boot, plum, strumpet, jade, quean, and so on.


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