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How to use crystal in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, adjective

Crystal means a solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions. Example: “The crystal has an anisotropic structure, as it is stronger along its length than laterally.”

Examples of crystal by meaning

nounCrystal meth; methamphetamine hydrochloride.

  • He tells me he's been shooting crystal, which I already pretty much know because he does not bother to keep his sleeves rolled down over the needle tracks.1968, Joan Didion, “Slouching Towards Bethlehem”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem

adjectiveMade of crystal.

  • The walls were crystal, and they seemed to have hundreds of different-colored lights shifting behind them.1985, Patricia C[ollins] Wrede, Talking to Dragons, New York, N.Y.: Tempo Books, →ISBN, page 146
  • The uneven floor was crystal as well, as if there once had been huge crystals jutting up here, too, but ones that had been broken away and the surface crudely adzed.2000, Dennis L[ester] McKiernan, Silver Wolf, Black Falcon, Roc Books, →ISBN, page 439

More sentences with crystal

  • The crystal has an anisotropic structure, as it is stronger along its length than laterally.From the entry anisotropic
  • He set the table with china, cloth napkins, and crystal stemware.From the entry china
  • The deposition of urate crystals in the joints leads to gout.From the entry urate
  • They wanted crystal champagne glasses for the party but the caterers provided cheapo plastic cups instead.From the entry cheapo
  • Reread through the manual until the instructions are crystal clear in your head.From the entry crystal clear
  • The picture on this TV is crystal clear – you can see every grain of sand!From the entry crystal clear
  • The psychic looked into the crystal ball and saw into the future.From the entry crystal ball
  • Quartz crystals are piezoelectric, but they do not display pyroelectric effect.From the entry pyroelectric effect
  • A pseudomorphous crystal has a form that does not result from its own powers of crystallization.From the entry pseudomorphous
  • He showed me the river of living water, sparkling like crystal, flowing from the throne of God.From the entry water
  • Crystal was shook when Mr. Wu discovered she was shopping online for panties and bras to pass the time in class.From the entry shook
  • I have faith in the healing power of crystals.From the entry faith
  • E.g., orthochrysotile is an orthorhombic chrysotile, orthopyroxene is a pyroxene that forms orthorhombic crystals, orthohexagonal is having orthorhombic hexagonal symmetry.From the entry ortho-
  • The propagation of an acoustic wave inside a phononic crystal is forbidden in the bandgap frequency range due to Bragg scattering.From the entry bandgap
  • If her past is a crystal ball to her future, she will perhaps never be rich, even though she is a kind, hard-working person.From the entry crystal ball
  • Glass is an amorphous solid, but some glass is called "crystal" because it looks crystalline and has been called crystal since before humans even understood molecular structure at all.From the entry amorphous
  • In science class the teacher prepared a supersaturated solution by cooling a saturated solution. He then added a small seed crystal and a large precipitate formed in just a second.From the entry supersaturate
  • Softer crystals are best reserved for occasional wear, whereas harder crystals can be worn every day.2021, Lauren D’Silva, Crystals: The Guide to Principles, Practices and More (Godsfield Companions), Godsfield, →ISBN. From the entry wear
  • I had red cowboy boots with Swarovski crystals, and a bedazzled captain's jacket.2021, Triffin I. Morris, Gregory DL Morris, Rachel E. Pollock, A History of the Theatre Costume Business, page 162. From the entry bedazzled
  • The art on the walls and the china plates and crystal glasses.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 23, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 127. From the entry longlimbed
  • Miriding Mutailipu is a crystal scientist from Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.2019 December 29, Stephen Chen, “China’s scientists aren’t shy about promoting their work any more”, in South China Morning Post, archived…. From the entry lop
  • Crystal Easter comforts her dogs as they flee a wildfire in Spring Valley on Monday, August 6.2018 August 13, “Massive wildfires scorching California”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 May 2026. From the entry Spring Valley
  • Some scientists think the electric field from lightning in the cloud makes the ice crystals move.2017, Suzanne Garbe, “Sun Dogs”, in The Science behind Wonders of the Sun: Sun Dogs, Lunar Eclipses and Green Flash, Oxford, Oxfordshire…. From the entry sun dog
  • She handwashed the crystal wineglasses we’d drunk from the night before.2017, Jan Wong, “Maid in China”, in Apron Strings: Navigating Food and Family in France, Italy, and China, Fredericton, N.B.: Goose Lane…. From the entry handwash
  • The bully girl with a crystal optic and tin horn was at the jollification.2017 May 1, Peter Jensen Brown, quoting Leavenworth Weekly Times, July 21, 1870, “Bazoo, Kazoo, Bazooka”, in Early Sports and Pop Culture…. From the entry bazoo
  • Mayor, we're back from the dilithium crystal mine.” “What a haul!2016 May 2, Jordan Blum & Parker Deay, “The Nova Centauris-burgh Board of Tourism Presents: American Dad” (1:11 from the start), in…. From the entry dilithium
  • Crystal is a gorgeous child: perfect skin, bright black eyes, cheekbones to die for.2016, Kim Savage, After the Woods, page 248. From the entry stone-cold fox
  • We refer to them collectively as the sand darters, though some authorities would exclude the crystal darter.2015, Robert A. Kuehne, The American Darters, page 25. From the entry sand darter
  • The crystal structure of perfringolysin O (PDB: 1PFO) was used as a template for modelling.2015 August 29, “Serotype 1 and 8 Pneumococci Evade Sensing by Inflammasomes in Human Lung Tissue”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry perfringolysin
  • Arrows indicate hemocytes, plasmatocytes, lamellocytes and crystal cells in E, H, K and Q respectively.2015 September 1, “Apoptosis in Hemocytes Induces a Shift in Effector Mechanisms in the Drosophila Immune System and Leads to a…. From the entry lamellocytes
  • Cystine crystals are formed when several conditions are met besides levels of hyperexcreted cystine.2015 September 12, “Digenic Inheritance in Cystinuria Mouse Model”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry hyperexcreted
  • However, most preparation methods are tedious and complicated; do not easily produce monomorphological single crystals.2015 December 24, “Seeded Growth Route to Noble Calcium Carbonate Nanocrystal”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry monomorphological
  • Sitting in my car, bereft and broken, I saw everything crystal clearly.2015, Gina Ciocca, chapter 30, in Last Year’s Mistake, New York, N.Y.: Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 288. From the entry crystal clearly
  • A similar pattern of health risks emerged in relation to increases in use of crystal methamphetamine.2012, Bill Sanders, Yonette F. Thomas, Bethany Griffin Deeds, Crime, HIV and Health: Intersections of Criminal Justice and Public Health…. From the entry crystal methamphetamine
  • At New Year he had given Anne a present of silver forks with handles of rock crystal.2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, London: Fourth Estate, Part 4, Chapter 1, p. 296. From the entry rock crystal
  • She marks the crystal meth box and tells me I can have ten needles and two tourniquets.2007, Nic Sheff, Tweak, Atheneum Books, →ISBN, page 263. From the entry crystal meth
  • Rainbow hematite: This product looks like large druzy flakes (tiny quartz crystals that form on other stones).2006, Louise Duhamel, Metal Clay Jewelry: Projects, Techniques, Embellishments. From the entry druzy

Meaning of crystal

  1. noun A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.
  2. noun A piece of glimmering, shining mineral resembling ice or glass.
  3. noun A fine type of glassware, or the material used to make it.

Full definition of crystal

Questions about crystal in a sentence

How do you use crystal in a sentence?
Crystal is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “The crystal has an anisotropic structure, as it is stronger along its length than laterally.”
What is a short sentence with crystal?
“I have faith in the healing power of crystals.”
What does crystal mean?
Crystal means a solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.

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