Sentence examples for as a gem from inspiring English sources

Epidote may be cut as a gem.

Green specimens are called amazonstone, which is sometimes used as a gem.

As a gem cutter, he worked on a variety of stones.

Something described as "a gem" without reference to any jewel-like qualities could mean it's small.

I hesitate to describe the pocket-size documentary "Sunset Story" as a gem of a film.

Ms. Whitman described him as "a gem," with "a sense of what's going on in the world".

Indeed, it's as much of a gem as its justifiably lauded A-side, Ghost Town.

It is not as polished a gem as World of Warcraft, but all of the major game systems seem to work well, and the star of the game, the finely tuned ship-to-ship combat, is downright addictive.

Gregory Krum, the museum's director of retail, who is overseeing the kiosk, said he envisioned it as "a gem-like thing in a dark and gritty passage" with "a very strong, carefully considered selection of stuff".

It is commonly used as a gem-diamond simulant, an abrasive, a refractory material, and a component of acid- and alkali-resistant glasses and of ceramics employed in fuel cells.

He described "Frontline" as a "gem-like structure in American journalism" that's now "pushing beyond their core medium".