agate - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • use: He uses agate for the Fool, diamond for Strength, and carnelian for Justice.

Adjective modifier

  • blue: Crystals: soft blue crystals, such as blue lace agate, blue beryl or azurite.
  • polished: When cut and polished agates are among the most beautiful of semi-precious stones.
  • Many: Many agates are naturally colored, others are stained for decorative effect.
  • red: It was, as I was told, of red agate, in the form of a man with the right hand broken off.

Modifies a noun

  • stone: Found it without much trouble, took a moss agate stone and left a replica Roman ring from the Roman Villa at Crofton.
  • ware: Agate ware: In the 1680's John Dwight of Fulham had used different clays mixed together to imitate agate.
  • type: Several agate types, including vein agate are found.
  • form: It is quite possible to find two or more agate forms on the one example.

Noun used with modifier

  • moss: Susan used an engraving from an 18th Century geological book, showing different varieties of moss agate, against a mottled background.
  • lace: Crystals: soft blue crystals, such as blue lace agate, blue beryl or azurite.
  • tree: Tree agate Used to gain insight into problems and see them for what they really are.
  • term: The names for chalcedony and agate are somewhat interchangeable, although the term agate is usually used to describe the banded varieties of chalcedony.

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