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How to use marble in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb, adjective

Marble means a metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone. Example: “The Elgin Marbles were originally part of the temple of the Parthenon.”

Examples of marble by meaning

nounStatues made from marble.

  • The Elgin Marbles were originally part of the temple of the Parthenon.

nounThe marbling in meat.

  • The marble is graded using the Australian system.

verbTo get or have the streaked or swirled appearance of certain types of marble, for example due to the incomplete mixing...

  • The pouring action will cause the soap to marble.2007, Alicia Grosso, The Everything Soapmaking Book: Recipes and Techniques, page 125

verbTo cause meat, usually beef, pork, or lamb, to be interlaced with fat so that its appearance resembles that of marble.

  • The Merino sheep is likely to put his weight largely into tallow around the stomach, intestines and on his kidneys, instead of mixing fairly with the meat, instead of marbling the meat.1904, Annual Report of the Wisconsin State Board of Agriculture for the year 1903, page 309
  • Either by forcing the lardoon out with a plunger, by pushing it with a knife point, or by trailing it behind the needle, the cook artificially marbles the meat.2004, Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Encyclopedia of kitchen history, page 684

verbTo become interlaced with fat; (of fat) to interlace through meat.

  • They seem to marble better.1999, Kathleen Jo Ryan, Deep in the heart of Texas: Texas ranchers in their own words, page 99
  • As we feed these cattle corn their meat marbles.1974, Rising cost of meat: hearings before the Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing and Consumer Relations
  • The exercising of the cattle causes the fat to marble right through the animal — and much of the flavour is found in the fat.1972, Sondra Gotlieb, The Gourmet’s Canada, page 129

verbTo lace or be laced throughout.

  • Was he the reason for the bitterness that seemed to marble her character?1993, Susan Napier, Winter of Dreams, page 52

adjectiveMade of, or resembling, marble.

  • a marble mantel

adjectiveCold; hard; unfeeling.

  • a marble heart

More sentences with marble

  • The floor of the sculptor's studio was strewn with chips of marble.From the entry chip
  • This table isn't quite level; see how this marble rolls off it?From the entry level
  • Getting those marbles off the red carpet was a real heads-up move.From the entry heads-up
  • Grandpa's lost his marbles, but at least he still recognizes us.From the entry marbles
  • Marbles were among the treasures found buried in the ruins of Pompeii.From the entry marbles
  • If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster.From the entry slant
  • For years there stood in the sculptor's studio a two-ton block of unworked Italian marble.From the entry unworked
  • He quickly touched his knee to the worn marble.From the entry touch
  • Michelangelo personally quarried marble from the world-famous quarry at Carrara.From the entry quarry
  • He removed the marbles from the bag.From the entry remove
  • After a day's worth of events, it came down to one last match; this one was for all the marbles.From the entry all the marbles
  • He randomised the marbles by spilling them onto the floor.From the entry randomise
  • Eddie singled out his favorite marble from the bag.From the entry single out
  • A Florentine mosaic is a familiar instance of work in pietra dura, though the ground may be soft marble.From the entry pietra dura
  • The marble rolled off the table.From the entry off the table
  • The white faience façade, the glazed Doultonware Carrera marble, was made locally.2023 December 13, Robin Leleux, “Restored... and a richly deserved award: Findlater's Corner”, in RAIL, number 998, page 43. From the entry impervious
  • It's time to unconform; to dispense with the same–same 'pastel and marble' way of doing things.2022, Nicola Moras, Into the Spotlight. From the entry unconform
  • The map was laid using tesserae, small cube-shaped tiles of limestone, marble, or colored stone.2014, Jerry Brotton, Great Maps, DK, page 35. From the entry tessera
  • One room has a pink marble bathroom with a gold fleur de lys pattern around the tub.2013 April 26, Lesley Gillian, The Guardian. From the entry fleur-de-lis
  • It was as white as the marble face of the jeweled Madonna.2013, Philippa Carr, The Miracle at St. Bruno's. From the entry whoresome
  • The winner was the last to flick a marble into the gully.2012, Nicholas Hagger, A View of Epping Forest, page 143. From the entry oner
  • Charlotteans produced iron, tobacco, doors, spokes and handles, wagons, carriages, harnesses and marble works.2009 April 28, Mary Kratt, Charlotte, North Carolina: A Brief History, History Press, →ISBN. From the entry uptown
  • Sidibé’s photographs for its lookbook, right down to the checkerboard marble floor.2009 June 11, Eric Wilson, “Why Round Sunglasses? A Style Investigation”, in New York Times. From the entry lookbook
  • Under an epitaphed marble slab in a nearby grassy cemetery a loved one rots .2008, William E. Woodruff, A Quirky Eye, page 137. From the entry epitaphed
  • Each quadrant will be worth 15 "Love Units" represented by these small brass marbles.2007, Xavier: Renegade Angel, season 1, episode 4 (black comedy, surreal comedy), spoken by Xavier (Vernon Chatman). From the entry quadrant
  • There were four sizes of marbles and we called them boulders, biggies, regulars, and teenies.2006, Carol Benson, The Old Lonesome, page 84. From the entry boulder
  • Thirteen five-eighths-inch marbles (“mibs”) are set in a cross in the center.2002 May, Sean McCollum, “For All the Marbles”, in Boys' Life, page 28. From the entry mib
  • Each player shoots with a “shooter,” a marble that's one-half to three-quarter inches in diameter.2002 May, Sean McCollum, “For All the Marbles”, in Boys' Life, page 28. From the entry mib
  • But marbles are not only used to play games: they are also traded.2001, Paul Webley, The economic psychology of everyday life, page 39. From the entry emperor

Meaning of marble

  1. noun A metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone.
  2. noun A small ball used in games, originally of marble but now usually of glass or ceramic.
  3. noun Statues made from marble.

Full definition of marble

Questions about marble in a sentence

How do you use marble in a sentence?
Marble is used as a noun, verb and adjective. For example: “The Elgin Marbles were originally part of the temple of the Parthenon.”
What is a short sentence with marble?
“a marble heart”
What does marble mean?
Marble means a metamorphic rock of crystalline limestone.

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