Sentence examples for expensive gem from inspiring English sources

And it is still an expensive gem.

So there is gold and silver, yet almost no diamonds, emeralds, rubies or other expensive gems.

I keep a larger bag that weighs about 100 pounds and contains less expensive gems in an overhead bin.

When it comes to expensive gems, selling would seem to make sense.

While you are still learning how to facet, try practicing your skills on less expensive gems, such as quartz or crystal.

Christie's and its rival Sotheby's say that within the past few years, Hong Kong has emerged as a top location for sales of expensive jewelry, gems and fine wines.

Yeomen and below could not wear silk, cloth of silver, chains, jewels, or buttons (which were then made of expensive materials or gems).

"I'm reasonably centered and comfortable in my own skin," Mr. Immelt said in an interview yesterday, "so if they want to use those kinds of words, who cares?" What about critics who say that by so successfully persuading hospitals to buy expensive diagnostic machines, Gems has helped drive up health care costs?

Vertu, the formerly-owned-by-Nokia maker of eye-wateringly expensive, leather-clad, gem-encrusted, handmade-in-the-U.K. 'luxury' smartphones, has launched an Android-powered device: the Vertu Ti.

It's been a long time since Byron was an undocovered gem – and the cost of living is on par with expensive suburbs of Sydney or Melbourne.

Youkilis spans this era, and has been around long enough to represent both ends of the spectrum, going from hidden gem to expensive old hand — the kind of player Billy Beane might have dangled, a decade ago, to trick the Sox into giving up valuable prospects.