signet

Example Sentences

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Are you wearing a martini glass signet ring?

From Salon • May 1, 2025

The signet measures 5 millimeters in diameter and is available in 100% recycled 14-karat gold or sterling silver.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023

The colorful intaglios — gems with incised carvings — likely fell out of signet rings worn by wealthy third-century bathers, and ended up trapped in the stone drains.

From New York Times • May 1, 2023

Archives show that those who lived in Brown Square included physician Joseph McKenzie; advocate John McLaurin; lord justice clerk Thomas Miller; Lady Agnew; and a writer to the signet, Isaac Grant.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2022

There was a circlet of whiter skin on his third finger where he used to wear the signet ring that Katie had given him when they married.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith