Sentence examples for touchstone on from inspiring English sources

But the metal is something of a touchstone on the supply side, too.

They also kick off Carnegie's season, a touchstone on the New York concert calendar.

With the novel a sensation and a touchstone on a scale that frightened her, Lee retreated to Monroeville.

This is obviously the touchstone on which the book stands or falls, and for my money it succeeds absolutely.

And his borrowings don't even suggest an interventionist cinephilia that uses such classics as a touchstone on which to test modern mores.

Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers, who will head Mr. Obama's National Economic Council, has been Mr. Obama's touchstone on the economic aspects of the bailout.

Just a little more than two weeks to go before the grand reopening on April 8 of Symphony Space, that touchstone of culture on the Upper West Side at Broadway and 95th Street.

Ms. Kidjo revisits her touchstones on her new album, "Oyo" (Razor & Tie).

The bull horn power of Odetta and Bessie Smith's sly blues are other touchstones on an agile, emotional record.

The inaugural film from the revamped DreamWorks, "I Am Number Four," with those hormonal teenagers and nasty aliens — and a heavy "Twilight" element — is set for release on Disney's Touchstone banner on Feb. 18.

Writer/producer Alexa Junge, who honed her skills at writing TV companionship on the touchstone for all BFF shows, "Friends," was brought on as showrunner and instantly felt the same way.