DIAMOND in a Sentence

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For DIAMOND, below is one of 137 sentences:
I know he looks a bit of a rough diamond in his tattered jeans, but apparently he does a lot of good work for local charities.

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 Meanings and Examples of DIAMOND
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
diamond
 n.  a precious stone consisting of a clear and colorless crystalline form of pure carbon
 n.  the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate
Classic Sentence: (108 in 8 pages)
1  Each of them gave twenty sequins to King Theodore to buy him clothes and linen; and Candide made him a present of a diamond worth two thousand sequins.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XXVI
2  Instantly Candide sent for a Jew, to whom he sold for fifty thousand sequins a diamond worth a hundred thousand, though the fellow swore to him by Abraham that he could give him no more.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XXVII
3  No decay is possible to the diamond.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII—WHAT HE BELIEVED
4  Every time I see you is a fresh diamond which I enclose in the casket of my heart.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 12 GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
5  He will wear on his doublet twelve diamond studs; get as near to him as you can, and cut off two.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 14 THE MAN OF MEUNG
6  It was the second time the cardinal had mentioned these diamond studs to the king.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 17 BONACIEUX AT HOME
7  I wish, in order to honor our worthy aldermen, you should appear in ceremonial costume, and above all, ornamented with the diamond studs which I gave you on your birthday.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 17 BONACIEUX AT HOME
8  On the altar, and beneath the portrait, was the casket containing the diamond studs.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 21 THE COUNTESS DE WINTER
9  His eyes were fixed upon those of the queen, and a smile of terrible joy passed over his lips; the queen did not wear her diamond studs.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 22 THE BALLET OF LA MERLAISON
10  The king opened it, and found in it two diamond studs.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 22 THE BALLET OF LA MERLAISON
11  She wore a beaver hat with blue feathers, a surtout of gray-pearl velvet, fastened with diamond clasps, and a petticoat of blue satin, embroidered with silver.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 22 THE BALLET OF LA MERLAISON
12  On her left shoulder sparkled the diamond studs, on a bow of the same color as the plumes and the petticoat.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 22 THE BALLET OF LA MERLAISON
13  "No; but thanks to this diamond," replied the young man.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 23 THE RENDEZVOUS
14  Well, then, off to the nearest goldsmith's, and sell that diamond for the highest price you can get from him.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 23 THE RENDEZVOUS
15  I mentioned your diamond then to my adversary, who had likewise remarked it.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 28 THE RETURN
Example Sentence: (29 in 2 pages)
1  The stonecutter decided to improve the rough diamond by providing it one bigger facet among several sides.
2  The only solution is a third emblem, a red diamond on a white background, it has no cultural or religious significance.
3  Noticing the furtive glance that the customer gave the diamond, the jeweler wondered whether he had a potential shoplifter on his hands.
4  I flew at a height of about two hundred feet, almost brushing the top of the jungle canopy, in search of diamond mines.
5  He gave her a three carat diamond mounted in a gold band.
6  I know he looks a bit of a rough diamond in his tattered jeans, but apparently he does a lot of good work for local charities.
7  She wears a diamond ring on her left hand.
8  The diamond shone with every hue under the sun.
9  The diamond ring on her finger glittered in the light.
10  Since 2004, we have served thousands of satisfied customers with un-matched deals on quality diamond and gold jewelry.
11  She thought the diamond was lost until she saw something glinting on the carpet.
12  A thief is a thief, whether he steals a diamond or a cucumber.
13  A barley-corn is better than a diamond to a cock.
14  Against her black dress, her diamond necklace stood out clearly.
15  The finest diamond must be cut.