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brooch - use in sentences
Converse of object
- wear: The first of the girls told me at once she did not wear a brooch.
- set: Made from silver and bronze in the seventh century, it is the inspiration for this handsome pendant and brooch set with garnet cabochons.
- find: In the coat pocket I found the brooch produced.
- produce: The brooch produced is the one I pinned in the deceased's shawl.
- include: Other finds have included a spectacular brooch from a large pit on the east side of the site.
Adjective modifier
- penannular: It could be fastened at the neck with a penannular brooch.
- cruciform: Figure 2: A cruciform brooch from Dover, Kent, drawn by Dom Andrews.
- Anglo-Saxon: Read more... Anglo Saxon Brooches 10:00 am, Saturday, 13 May, 2006 An opportunity to make an Anglo-Saxon style plate brooch.
- oval: The second was a copper alloy oval brooch, found almost at the very end of the last day of the dig.
- vintage: A fantastic English vintage brooch in the form of a leaf.
- antique: A very sweet antique Victorian brooch, dating to circa 1880.
Modifies a noun
- pin: Did Cleopatra really poison herself with an asp to the bosom, or just nick herself on a brooch pin?
- measure: The brooch measures approx 2 inches / 5 cm across.
- type: Analyzes have shown that each brooch type or design was made from a single alloy or a limited range.
Noun used with modifier
- rhinestone: On reaching home they were sent to bed, although Jack then appeared and gave them each a rhinestone brooch.
- diamante: A very charming vintage diamante rhinestone brooch, dating to circa 1930.
- cameo: Only a very rich person could afford a cameo brooch like this one.
- enamel: Finds include imported pottery, Roman coins and an enamel brooch which suggests there was considerable wealth in the area.
- vintage: A very sweet retro vintage brooch, in the form of a flower, dating to circa 1963.
- bronze: She was also buried with a very rare type of gilded bronze brooch.
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