BROOCH in a Sentence

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15 example sentences for BROOCH, such as:

1. The brooch has little intrinsic value.
2. The brooch was a gift from Burton and she wore it when she wed him.
3. It had twelve beautifully made brooch pins of pure gold with which to fasten it.
4. Of course, her brooch could be pinned over the spot, but perhaps Melanie had sharp eyes.
5. She buttoned her black basque up to the chin and pinned down the collar with Pittypat's mourning brooch.

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brooch
 n.  ornamental clasp; decorative pin worn by women
Classic Sentence:
1  A set of silver filagree was added, bracelets, necklace, brooch, and even earrings, for Hortense tied them on with a bit of pink silk which did not show.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER NINE
2  It had twelve beautifully made brooch pins of pure gold with which to fasten it.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XVIII
3  Ulysses wore a mantle of purple wool, double lined, and it was fastened by a gold brooch with two catches for the pin.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XIX
4  I took them out of the store room and folded them up myself, and I gave him also the gold brooch to wear as an ornament.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XIX
5  Of course, her brooch could be pinned over the spot, but perhaps Melanie had sharp eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
6  She hurried back into her room and hastily gathered from their hiding place the bracelets, brooch, miniature and cup she had found on the dead Yankee.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
7  She buttoned her black basque up to the chin and pinned down the collar with Pittypat's mourning brooch.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
8  She had on her best black dress and cap, and her collar was fastened with a large brooch with a picture of a man's face on it.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
9  Then she ran into the kitchen, and cooked the king's soup; and as soon as the cook was gone, she put the golden brooch into the dish.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In CAT-SKIN
10  Wemmick's attention being thus directed to his brooch, he put down the cast, and polished the brooch with his pocket-handkerchief.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXIV
11  She did not wear a low-cut bodice and the large brooch which was fixed in the front of her collar bore on it an Irish device and motto.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE DEAD
12  Sixpenny brooches glared like cats' eyes and tigers' eyes; pearls looked down; her cape was made of cloth of silver--in fact swabs used to scour saucepans.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 6
Example Sentence:
1  The brooch was a gift from Burton and she wore it when she wed him.
2  The brooch has little intrinsic value.
3  This may indicate that the brooches were consistently worn in a particular position, but not in the same way.