Example sentences for: lapis

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

  • Its profusion of lapis lazuli is actually a thin shell fused to plaster stucco.

  • And what in the world is one to make of William Butler Yeats's startling revelation in his poem Lapis Lazuli (from Last Poems ) that

  • Precious stones and semi-precious stones including topaz, lapis lazuli, and aquamarine, can be bought loose or set in rings, necklaces, bracelets, or brooches.

  • Steps nearby lead underground to the Lapis Niger, a black marble pavement laid by Julius Caesar over the presumed grave of Romulus, the city’s founder.

  • Cretans exhibited their skills with paint, clay, copper, bronze, and gold was highly prized and raw materials flowed in — lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, ivory from Syria, and gold, silver, and black obsidian from Anatolia.


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