marquise

Example Sentences

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And the cut was just what I wanted: a doe-eyed marquise, corners sharp and uncompromising.

From Los Angeles Times

Thompson’s sly asides, often in parentheses, can make her seem like a marquise at the party, behind her fan.

From New York Times

Former lovers, a marquise and a viscount, pass the time in decadent games of destruction in pre-revolutionary France.

From Los Angeles Times

A count and a marquise are captives on an exotic island where warrior women rule over demure men.

From The New Yorker

In particular, the prongs holding my marquise diamond stone were loose.

From Washington Post