PENDANT in a Sentence

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Available in sterling silver and 10-karat gold, the pendant retails for $115 and $420, respectively, at the online store.

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 Meanings and Examples of PENDANT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
pendant
 n.  ornament, hanging from a necklace; a piece of jewellery worn around the neck
Classic Sentence:
1  The chains, those pendant arms, and the necklets, those open hands, caught the unhappy wretches by the throat.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER II—ROOTS
2  Still further, the Jew told them that if they would sell it to him, as it would make a magnificent pendant for earrings, he would give five hundred pistoles for it.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 38 HOW, WITHOUT INCOMMDING HIMSELF, ATHOS PROCURES HIS EQUIPMENT
3  A very fine figure of a man he was, everyone agreed, his truncheon extended; his waterproof pendant.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 10
4  Her expensive frock of beaver-colored satin with rows, plasters, and pendants of solemn brown beads was intended for a woman twice her size.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
5  She was apparelled like any barbaric Ethiopian emperor, his neck heavy with pendants of polished ivory.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 16. The Ship.
6  A diamond necklace, with pendants of inestimable value, were by this means also made more conspicuous.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
Example Sentence:
1  Available in sterling silver and 10-karat gold, the pendant retails for $115 and $420, respectively, at the online store.
2  The grateful team presented the coach with a silver chain and pendant engraved with the school's motto.
3  Little drops of water finally can wear stone, not because it is strong, but due to circadian won't drop pendant.