Example sentences for: jade

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

  • Here presides the Jade Goddess, daughter of the mountain god, who cures blindness and answers the prayers of the childless.

  • Antiques, including Chinese jade, ceramics, bronzes, gowns, incense burners, and perfume bottles; Thai ceramics and bronzes; Indian brass; Indonesian wooden masks and carvings.

  • Melaka’s Baba Nyonya Chinese quarter (see page 76) is a great place to hunt and bargain for old porcelain imported from southern China, antique silver or jade bracelets, and, if you can find a way of shipping it home, a piece of furniture from the colonial days.

  • The capital is renowned for its selection of silk fabrics and clothing, embroidery, pearls, jade, porcelains, cloisonné, lacquerware, carpets, furniture, antiques, and artwork (both contemporary and traditional).

  • The Hall of Jade Ripples (Yulan Dian) is where Cixi confined her nephew, Emperor Guangxu, while she ruled in his place.


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