Sentence examples for pearl from inspiring English sources

7 alleé du Jardin Madame, Villerville, +33 2 3187 2022, bellevue-hotel.fr, doubles from €97 Lion-sur-Mer on the Côte de Nacre, the "pearl coast", resembles an Edward Hopper landscape, with its long sandy beach marked by an archaic lifeguard's lookout.

Her collection included the spectacular 16th-century La Peregrina pearl which was part of the Spanish crown jewels.

From more recent times there are the Bulgari pearl earrings that Taylor wore in the 1973 film Ash Wednesday, alongside Monroe's pearl necklace given by the baseball superstar DiMaggio, made by the company of the pioneer of cultured pearls, Kokichi Mikimoto.

Visitors might be dazzled by the beauty, staggered at the effort that goes into getting even a single pearl, or fascinated by the stories behind the pieces.

It was impossible to estimate how much the thieves had got away with and the stolen goods would include family heirlooms and personal jewellery as well as stock from gem, diamond and pearl dealers, he said.

A stonking great diamond or pearl necklace will also do nicely, should you happen to have one to hand: for reference, the croissant scene in Breakfast At Tiffany's.

One such piece is the pearl-drop earring that Charles I wore as he went to the executioner's block in 1649, coming with a convincing note of authentication from Queen Mary II, who wrote: "This pearle was taken out of ye King my grandfather's ear after he was beheaded & given ye Princess Royall" – referring to Charles's eldest daughter Mary, later Mary of Orange.

For this campaign to actually contribute something to the fight against FGM rather than just spilling more ink on a subject that has provoked much pearl-clutching horror over the years, we need to integrate east African or west African children – or whoever is at risk of FGM – into the existing child protection framework.

One of the most touching pieces in the show is a small curl of blonde hair pasted onto a heart-shaped piece of mother-of-pearl.

He sped past Porsches, Maseratis and "mother-of-pearl Rolls-Royces", he and his wife flattened against the back seat.

Half of the high school band from Norman, Oklahoma landed at Dallas-Fort Worth on Monday after playing in a Pearl Harbor Day parade in Hawaii.