PENDANT in a Sentence

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1. A diamond necklace, with pendants of inestimable value, were by this means also made more conspicuous.
2. The grateful team presented the coach with a silver chain and pendant engraved with the school's motto.
3. She was apparelled like any barbaric Ethiopian emperor, his neck heavy with pendants of polished ivory.
4. The chains, those pendant arms, and the necklets, those open hands, caught the unhappy wretches by the throat.
5. Little drops of water finally can wear stone, not because it is strong, but due to circadian won't drop pendant.

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 Meanings and Examples of PENDANT
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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.