EARRING in a Sentence

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16 example sentences for EARRING, such as:

1. Huge earrings dangled from her ears.
2. It also points up the earring, which is important as a symbol.
3. Dancing earrings always attracted a man and gave a girl such a spirited air.
4. and there were women who had their things snatched off and their earrings torn out.
5. Amalie was dressed completely in black, right down to black lipstick and a black earring.

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 Meanings and Examples of EARRING
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earring
 n.  ornament consisting of a ring passed through the lobe of the ear, with or without a pendant
Classic Sentence:
1  She flew across the room to the mirror and plopped it on her head, pushing back her hair to show her earrings and tying the ribbon under her chin.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
2  Scarlett tucked the baby more securely under her arm so that he hung face downward, crimson and screaming, and removed the garnet earrings which had been Gerald's wedding present to Ellen.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
3  She slipped into her pierced ears the diamond earrings she had brought from Tara, and tossed her head to observe the effect.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
4  Dancing earrings always attracted a man and gave a girl such a spirited air.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
5  She could feel swift anger stir, even at this late date, as she thought of that night but she subdued it and tossed her head until the earrings danced.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
6  "All he needs is earrings and a cutlass between his teeth," she thought.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
7  A woman with a broadtail coat, a heavy lace veil, pearl earrings, and a close black hat entered the restaurant.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
8  Downstairs, where the greater part of the prisoners were now massed, she sought out the stout personage with the diamond earrings, and had a few whispered words with her.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 27
9  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
10  She had small round, hanging gold earrings, and a general air of being fairly well-to-do in a vulgar, comfortable, easy-going way.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
11  He sported a pair of brass earrings, wore a blue cloth wrapper from the waist to the ankles, and thought all the world of himself.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In II
12  and there were women who had their things snatched off and their earrings torn out.
War and Peace 5 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 15: CHAPTER XVII
13  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
Example Sentence:
1  It also points up the earring, which is important as a symbol.
2  Amalie was dressed completely in black, right down to black lipstick and a black earring.
3  Huge earrings dangled from her ears.