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• The ash trees are dying off due to emerald ash borer.From the entry ash
• He's a typical gemcutter, mostly diamonds but some emeralds and the occasional sapphire or ruby.From the entry gemcutter
• Potts—a petite brunette in torn boyfriend jeans, vintage peep-toe wedges, and a low-cut emerald sweater—smile-nodded at Claire.2010, Lisi Harrison, These Boots Are Made for Stalking, Poppy, →ISBN. From the entry boyfriend jeans
• Emerald green was also called Schweinfurt green, Paris green, and Vienna green.2010 March 5, “Emerald Green or Paris Green, the Deadly Regency Pigment”, in Jane Austen World. From the entry Vienna green
• A flash of emerald light briefly illuminated the forest, and the stone vanished.2003, Christopher Paolini, “Prologue: Shade of Fear”, in Eragon, page 4. From the entry illuminated
• Its two sections of limpid water are enclosed within emerald green hills.1981, A Pictorial History of the Republic of China: Its Founding and Development, volume II, Taipei: Modern China Press, →OCLC, page 558. From the entry Fuhsing
• Looking at a cornfield then, I'd seen as much gray dirt between the stalks as I had emerald green.2015, Julene Bair, The Ogallala Road: A Story of Love, Family, and the Fight to Keep the Great Plains from Running Dry, Penguin, →ISBN…. From the entry hypergreen
• He dropped the emerald studs into Abbey's palm and said, “Those little greenies are worth more than diamonds.”2014, Carl Hiaasen, Carl Hiaasen Collection: Hoot, Flush, Scat, Chomp. From the entry greenie
• Emerald has received a fair share of censure, Ali admits.2013, Ziauddin Sardar, Critical Muslim 5: Love and Death. From the entry freemix
• A silk neck scarf in emerald green that Dawn knew she'd tuck away as a keepsake but never wear.2009, Eleanor Thom, The Tin-Kin, London: Duckworth Overlook, →ISBN, page 118. From the entry scarfy
• The unexamined emeralds cannot be both green and grue, since if they are grue and unexamined they are blue.2007, Michael Clark, Paradoxes from A to Z. From the entry grue
• The emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmair (formerly A. marcopoli Obenberger), is native to China, Japan, Korea, and Mongolia.2002 July 17, Taylor A. Scarr, Emerald ash borer, Canadian Food Inspection Agency. From the entry emerald ash borer
• Emerald enclosed faith, though gräfins needed faith mostly in grafs.1995, Peter Vansittart, A Safe Conduct, Peter Owen Publishers, →ISBN, page 57. From the entry gräfin
• These are ten milkglass pieces, seven fragments of emerald colored glass, and one piece that is olive green.1986 May, Lynn A. Rusch, John T. Penman, Transportation Archaeology in Wisconsin: The 1985 Field Season (Archaeological Report 12)…. From the entry milkglass
• Tall and lissom, she was sheathed from the bosom downwards in flamingo silk, and she was liberally festooned with emeralds.1911, Max Beerbohm, chapter II, in Zuleika Dobson. From the entry lissom
• Generously, Nick Padley gives me a bag of their babyleaf mix, in its shades of crimson and emerald, to try at home.2019, Jay Rayner, My Last Supper: One Meal, a Lifetime in the Making. From the entry babyleaf
• “But you know anything is possible.” As proven with both the olive fruit fly and the emerald ash borer, invasive species often take big leaps.2016 December 25, Chris Stewart, “Invasive beetle could put olive trees at risk”, in Dayton Daily News, volume 140, number 73, page A21. From the entry olive fruit fly
• A ribbon of sand and grass bisected the pluff mud, and on the other side a lovely glade opened, gleaming like an emerald.2014 July 8, Anne Rivers Siddons, The Girls of August, Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry pluff mud
• Suddenly before them shone a throneroom of sparkling diamond, emerald, and transparent gold that overlooked a gleaming, golden altar fuming with smoke.2005, Mark Norris, The Dark Forest, page 91. From the entry throneroom
• Such colouring! — slate blues, coral pinks, pale amphitrites, the wet cobblestone blue of mussels, frail sea-forget-me-nots, anemone yellows and carmines, emeralds and eau-de-nils!2000, Ciarán Carson, Fishing for Amber, page 143. From the entry eau de nil
• Why, then, was she not in Bond Street, as advertised, scribbling her signature on Travellers' Cheques and scooping up emerald parures and things?1979, Kyril Bonfiglioli, After You with the Pistol, Penguin, published 2001, page 202. From the entry parure
• The ungreen emerald ring went round and round, and the ungreen emerald earrings swung: Thelma was working at the rim of her glass, too.1970, John McIntosh, The Stonefish, page 193. From the entry ungreen
• And when she raised it to see what caused this agitation, she saw nothing—nothing but the vast solitary emerald which Queen Elizabeth had given her.1928, Virginia Woolf, Orlando: A Biography, London: The Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished as Orlando: A Biography (eBook no.…. From the entry water
• It has steaming lakes, pools, and streams, healing baths and springs, acidulous basins of emerald, opal, and orange, and tinted terraces of sinter.1913, David Paul Gooding, chapter V, in Picturesque New Zealand. From the entry sinter
• So they passed through the Palace Gates and were led into a big room with a green carpet and lovely green furniture set with emeralds.1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC. From the entry wipe
• For example, Schweinfurt green, also known as emerald or Paris green, was used in wallpaper and upholstery in the 19th century and contained high levels of arsenic.2015 June 26, Rachel Dixon, “Why green just can’t be trusted”, in The Guardian. From the entry Schweinfurt green
• It described her to a tee; from her fiery mane of red hair to her beautiful emerald eyes that spit fire when she was angry or frustrated.2013, Julia Mills, Her Dragon To Slay, →ISBN. From the entry spit fire
• Though her hair was pulled back into a crispinette covered by an emerald silk cap that matched her gown, Bernard noticed the russet color hadn't dimmed.2000, Shari Anton, The Conqueror, Harlequin Enterprises ULC, page 31. From the entry crispinette
• The earliest painting that can be attributed to his reign is of a plump, rosy-cheeked adolescent wearing a splendid conical turban and a huge emerald necklace.1983, Mark Zebrowski, Deccani painting, page 73. From the entry cheeked
• But the next undulation would raise us, showing the island ablaze in the sunlight, an emerald of dazzling beauty resting lightly on the bosom of the sea.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 77. From the entry undulation
• Her Imperial Majesty is a connaisseuse in precious stones of every description, especially diamonds and emeralds, of which, as well as pearls, she still possesses a large collection.1911, Edward Legge, The Comedy & Tragedy of the Second Empire: Paris Society in the Sixties; Including Letters of Napoleon III., M.…. From the entry connaisseuse

Meaning of emerald

1. noun Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.
2. noun Emerald green, a colour.
3. noun Vert, when blazoning by precious stones.

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How do you use emerald in a sentence?

Emerald is used as a noun, adjective and verb. For example: “The ash trees are dying off due to emerald ash borer.”

What is a short sentence with emerald?

“Emerald enclosed faith, though gräfins needed faith mostly in grafs.”

What does emerald mean?

Emerald means any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.