| 单词 | diamond |
| 例句 | The cauldron was simmering, sending its diamond sparks in all directions, so blindingly bright that it turned all else to velvety blackness. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Our team Artifact appears over Asher’s head, a glittering red diamond. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I was just about to take a picture of the diamond when I remembered that my phone had got stolen. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I ran to buy her a diamond brooch on the street of the Jewish jewelers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Thousands of homes had been cut into the rock, and each had a single large gemstone embedded above its entrance, like a diamond porch light. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Ladybird turned a dial on her signature diamond watch. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The last lines of the poem said that before becoming a diamond, everything was first coal. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z There was a shimmering silver rope studded with diamonds that she braided into her hair, and there were diamond pins to fasten her hair in place. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Anya had a terrible feeling in her gut in the form of copper and diamond, but she couldn’t figure out what it meant. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The third was about people who pierce weird body parts: One girl had a silver nail run through her bellybutton, and another one had a diamond stud put in her tongue. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Her sequins flashed like liquid diamonds, a shimmering beacon between the multicolored hides. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Helene goes for hers like a jewel thief for rubies, holding the bracers to the light, exclaiming at how Blackcliff s diamond symbol is seamlessly hammered into the shield. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z What was left of his fortune, the Laughing Man converted into diamonds, which he lowered casually, in emerald vaults, into the Black Sea. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Her diamond earrings shone in her ears like tiny chandeliers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe that's where there is money falling from the sky, diamonds speckling the sidewalks. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z I clutched the box as if it were filled with gold and diamonds. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z This is the real house of God, this is where those who have lost God will find Him, not the white masjid with its bright diamond lights and towering minarets. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She got her hands free, took off her engagement ring with its tiny diamond, and handed it down to Mary. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z After lunch, she removed her diamond engagement ring and her wedding band and locked them in her desk drawer. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She deals the rest of the cards, and I get three more diamonds. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “Look. It’s like every moment in time is a diamond sitting on this ring. Pretend the ring is really big, with diamonds all around, and each diamond is one moment. Got it?” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z A drop of water caught in one of his eyebrows glittered like a chip of active diamond. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The sky above them was dappled with more stars than he could count, a thousand diamonds dropped into an inkpot. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z A necklace, its square blue sapphires girdled by glittering diamonds coated in dust, except where a few fingerprints allowed the light to strike through. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Electrons determine the chemical properties of the atom—the glitter of gold, the cold feel of iron, the crystal structure of the carbon diamond. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A glass chandelier shaped like a grapevine occupied most of the ceiling, spitting seeds of diamond fire onto the windows along the far side of the room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z She put her fingernail on one diamond chip. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Through the rising steam, he could see the beady eyes of all the monkeys glittering through the branches like hundreds of diamonds as they watched as well. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z The promise of glittering sidewalks feels a long time behind us now, no diamonds anywhere to be found. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z If a ten-thousand-dollar lottery ticket could buy a can of pineapple, who knew what a diamond ring was worth. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The sound was almost musical, as if we were under a waterfall of tinkling diamonds. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Instead of the diamond shapes on Pond, there were aggressive triangles and zigzags on this one. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The road ahead of them was empty and the ice crystals on the asphalt glittered like diamonds in the morning sun. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z It was sparkly like a diamond and had a little hole in back so you could thread a ribbon through it and wear it like a romantic lady’s choker necklace. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Had he had on gold or diamonds, I would have been certain. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He carefully places the diamond ring on her finger. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z But the diamond was huge, so that took care of that. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Turner heard them ripping the surface all around him, and felt the diamond spray sprinkle down on him in the moonlight like a benediction. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Jewels danced when he moved his hands; onyx and opal, tiger’s eye and tourmaline, ruby, amethyst, sapphire, emerald, jet and jade, a black diamond, and a green pearl. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I noticed a clip of blazing diamonds on her dress as I tried to stand aside for the others, but Brother Jack pushed me ahead. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d proposed to her on her birthday, giving her a diamond solitaire in addition to the hat he’d bought for her after their second date. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Until one day, when a French diamond trader, during a trip to the Golconda Mines in India, was shown a massive pear-cut diamond. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The Newsome Park Community Center boasted a kitchen and banquet space, rooms for craft courses and club meetings, basketball and tennis courts, and a baseball diamond for the semipro Newsome Park Dodgers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z We crushed the many empty liquor bottles littering the yard into “diamonds.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A diamond knife is a metal object no larger than a small pocket-size pencil sharpener—about an inch long. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His queen mother stood beside him in a black mourning gown slashed with crimson, a veil of black diamonds in her hair. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The diamond was tucked inside a scalloped silver setting. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The room is thick with bourbon smell and red wool and diamond rings. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Also, if robbery were the explanation, why hadn’t the robber removed the jewelry that Mrs. Clutter was wearing—a gold wedding band and a diamond ring? In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z When they looked in the cave that had been his den, they found it was crammed to the roof with gold and silver and diamonds and rubies and pearls. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z His four rings, tipped with sharp canary diamonds, flashed in the sun. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “You shouldn’t have touched that diamond. It’s dangerous.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There could be no need to resort to goat’s blood to soften the diamond. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Inside, among the shops that push perfume, diamonds, leather, and mink, there’s an alcove where one more stone sculpture stands. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Tiny diamond droplets fell from her ears, and her hair was curled and swept up onto her head, strands of pearls woven in. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In the center was a crystal fountain, and when she saw it, water sprang from the leaves of a diamond hawthorn tree. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Between the buildings, waves glitter with sun diamonds. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I had no idea what a diamond that size would buy, but whatever it was, I knew it would be a lot. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Because of the diamond in your coat pocket. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I stared up at the ceiling: gleaming white lines intersecting and weaving together into a twenty-four-sided star, which cascaded outward into interlocking diamonds as they followed the curvature of the inner dome. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She swaggered into the store in her un-villagelike furs and diamonds and regally ordered a pound of coffee. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z His penchant was for textured synthetic fabrics, often featuring some geometric design like diamonds or pentagons. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of my siblings regard me as being spoiled and a troublemaker, but Pa says I am really a diamond in the rough. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Seven rings, three plain gold bands, one gold with a small diamond stone, one gold with an opal and four pearls, one man’s ring with garnet and eagle insignia, one silver initial ring. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s this portrait of Grandma in a feathered boa and a diamond bracelet. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Now I knew perfectly well that the diamond was in my evening bag and that when Marco knocked me down my evening bag had soared, like a night bird, into the enveloping darkness. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The stars, burning diamonds in the cloudless sky, turn the road beneath their feet a silver grey. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We also know a little bit about the mantle from what are known as kimberlite pipes, where diamonds are formed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Their owners, such as J. P. Morgan and Andrew Carnegie, wore diamonds, while their workers wore rags. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z The diamond was insured for eighteen hundred dollars. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z At intervals, diamonds of black stone were inlaid in the road, polished until they sparkled in the sunlight. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In the sunlight, telephone wires looked like glass strings high overhead, bushes glistened like cakes made of diamonds, starbursts of frost etched themselves against our windows. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “It was worth a diamond ring to get you out of there. Drawing a crowd and getting ready to draw flies,” said Hagar. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman wore huge diamonds at her neck and ears—they blinked and flashed even from this distance—and the man wore boat shoes and cuff links that winked under the recessed lighting. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I must feel like la Vieja did, picking the diamond out of her heel and finding the jewels. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He dropped the emerald studs into Abbey’s palm and said, “Those little greenies are worth more than diamonds.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The electricity fails for an hour: it’s the diamond. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “They even took my sweet mother’s diamond ring, which I’d given to your mom. It’s a tiny stone, but it was big to me for what it meant to me to have it.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Plush tabletops display porcelain boxes studded with gold and diamonds and precious gems. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Her case was new, white with fake diamonds around the outside. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It’s Mama Ya-Ya’s ghost rising, all sparkly like diamonds, all glittering with rainbows. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Khione’s eyes turned as hard as the diamonds in her circlet. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I think these are fake diamonds,” he said at last. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z The diamond disappeared and then reappeared with each turn. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z The book creeps into my dreams and chases me around and around a softball diamond inside a field of lava. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z Shanta first, a big wedding which lasted for many days, plenty of gifts and feasts, diamond earrings, a gold necklace, as befitted the daughter of the village headman. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Scythe Goddard and his crew showed up in a limousine—royal blue studded with mock diamonds, just in case there was any question as to who was inside. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Glittering light, like diamonds, peeks through branches, dark and green leaves. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z There were furs of every kind, including a handsome arrangement of black and white lambs’ wool, sewn in contrasting diamonds. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Last of all, he donned his crown, a band of cold iron slim as a finger, set with heavy chunks of black diamond and nuggets of gold. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He wished he’d kept on trudging toward the diamond ring that might have brought his family a can of sliced peaches. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z It must at least look like a blue diamond worth twenty million francs. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She looks old money with the tiny, perfect diamonds in her ears to prove it. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Recapping her mascara, she said, “Oh, hey. Twinkle saw this thing about diamonds on the History Channel.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z For before them, glittering with the cold, hard, sharp sparkle of a diamond, was the sea. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Not that he had the money to buy her diamonds, but still he thought it anyway. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s out past the gym and the locker rooms, past the basketball courts and the tennis courts and the baseball diamonds. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Before Hale obtained the life-insurance policy on Roan, he had attempted to purchase Roan’s headright—his share in the tribe’s mineral trust, which was more precious than any cache of diamonds or gold. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She wore diamond earrings and a small, black hat trimmed with more diamonds. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The grey sand turned yellow and twinkled as if it was strewn with diamonds. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I hold the pendant up against the living room light, and the diamonds glisten like a lake on a sunny day. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Her best shoes had disappeared, and in their place were others much finer and with large diamond buckles shining upon them. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Our situation is not as bad as others because we still have gold, diamonds, and precious gems. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Small beads of sweat studded her skin like diamonds. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex glanced around: some boys were hitting grounders with a tennis ball over on a nearby baseball diamond, but the rest of the park was empty; he couldn’t spot Rex anywhere. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Every night the moment returns to him: when he clasped that pear-shaped diamond between his thumb and forefinger, made huge by the lens of his loupe, and believed he held the one-hundred-and-thirty-three-carat Sea of Flames. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He wore a headband and a gold chain around his neck, and a diamond glinted in each ear. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “The battle lasted an entire day, and when the dust settled and the smoke cleared, it was Dimarion who remained standing, and it was Dimarion who claimed the diamond.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Mama reached for her diamond earrings and unscrewed the backs. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z A diamond, two arrows piercing its side, then a vertical line through its middle... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He held them in his good hand as if they were diamonds and rubies. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z But as he slowly unfolded his hand, she saw that it held not a clover but a golden ring with a small but perfect diamond sparkling in the rare spring sunshine. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z His eyes have turned to burning diamonds, his Noise blazing a red so fierce it’s practically steaming the water away from him. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “I’ll buy her one bigger than that. One with a diamond as big as the Palladium.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z At some point Kevin’s parents would worry about him, he realized, as he walked toward the diamond ring and the body wearing it. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “And in case you don’t know, they want to tell you with a lethal combination of houses, cars, and diamonds.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “We’re happy here. Oscar got a good job in engineering, which he loves, and he’s earning more than he did in Cuba,” Gladys replies, stroking the gleaming diamond ring on her finger. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z They mean the smell of dust and grass on a baseball diamond, the first fresh sea breezes that come all the way inland from Long Island Sound, all the maples decked out in green-gold leaves. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z She wears two earrings in each ear, one a golden circle and one a diamond stud. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It was said to be a diamond, but there was a darkness in its core that made it different from a simple diamond ring. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “She’s lovely, she’s engaged, she uses Pond’s” the advertisement read, showing two exquisitely white hands with perfectly formed and manicured nails, long nails, and a diamond ring sparkling on the gracefully curved left hand. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There, piled into enormous mounds that reached almost to the ceiling, were not only diamonds and emeralds and rubies but also sapphires, amethysts, topazes, moonstones, and garnets. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s like a diamond,” Rose blurted out, then gazed at the stone pavement. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Every blade of grass was carved from emerald, every drip of water turned to diamond. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Indeed, della Porta’s experiments led him to adopt the opposite view: that you can use a diamond to make, rather than unmake, a magnet. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They grew in a diamond formation: two in the center, one at the front, and one under the tail, so that the animals moved with a curious rocking motion. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He cackled so hard a brilliant tear like a giant diamond rolled down his cheek. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He was clothed in a coat of velvet and diamond dust with long, fluttering tails in the shape of knife blades, and his boots were white spectral leather buckled with lys. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I carry them everywhere I go now. My diamonds are inside my bra.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Pa gives him Ma s ruby bracelets, her diamond rings, and much more in exchange for a few pounds of uncooked rice. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A woman saunters in wearing a dress the color of sunlit honey, which dips low in the front to display three diamond necklaces. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Mom’s ring dangles from a golden chain around her neck, and the stage lights make the diamond twinkle. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z It is best, the director said, that no man knows whether he carries the real diamond or a reproduction. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Patty, the friendly nurse with the diamond engagement ring and a fringe of reddish hair beneath her cap, tells Ashima to consume only the Jell-O and the apple juice. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He’ll go on falling over his feet to make deals with the Americans, who still control all our cobalt and diamond mines. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She gets diamonds every time she gets a hundred on a test. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z And three tiny diamonds that he keeps in an envelope inside his billfold. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Despite how horrible they were, Hazel never gave them diamonds or gold. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Last New Year’s she went out with a new diamond ring bigger than I ever saw before,” another old woman said. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The panels were backed with gold leaf, the fronts inlaid with shimmering diamonds, emeralds, rubies, and jade. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The glitter of the rhinestones was answered by the glitter of the diamond in her engagement ring. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Concentrated particles of the splendor are floating around us, sparkling like diamonds turned to dust. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The metal flexed and bowed under his slender weight as he wedged the toes of his sneakers into the diamond shaped gaps. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I ended up choosing a corseted sapphire dress lined with tiny diamonds. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z If you consider the idea that a hundred million viruses could cover the dot on this i, then you get an idea of the sharpness of a diamond knife. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She wears a black mourning dress and a black diamond draped around her neck. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Perhaps the quality of the diamonds, yes, it was the diamonds. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The royal hourglass that measures the length of day and night churns with sand the color of white diamonds. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z It was a gruesome mosaic of bones and gems—human femurs, hip bones, and ribs twisted and fused together into a smooth surface, dotted with diamonds and rubies. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It was such a pipe that made South Africa the most productive diamond mining country in the world, but there may be others even bigger that we don’t know about. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Even Father doesn’t know we rode in a airplane with diamonds. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There were thin chains crisscrossed in diamond shapes around them. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She was close enough for me and everyone else around the diamond to hear her shout, “Yom! Get over here. Now!” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Red wanted to be sure that she got the wedding gift she wanted most—a diamond watch—so he mailed her what little money he had so she could pick it out herself. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sitting on a tall stool at the bar, an old man with eyes like diamonds and the body of a driftwood scarecrow. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Yards of silk, clouds of powder, brushes, combs, pearls, and diamonds glistened before Celaena’s eyes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It was a diamond the size of his knuckle, with a dark core. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z "My God, put a camera in front of that girl, and she'll shine like a diamond! Between the single men and the job opportunities, her phone is going to be ringing right off the hook!" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Back when they used to live here, they heard about Anatole from some other missionaries and saved him from the famous diamond mines and taught him to love Jesus and how to read and write. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he drops the diamond into the pool among the thousands of snails. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They kept their diamonds and oil at a horrific cost. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z At the far end was the entrance to another cave, flanked by gigantic columns of crystal that looked like diamonds. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z On the third pedestal is a glittering diamond bracelet. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “You will see, only with the diamond blade circular saw do you have one chance.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z When we went up there the first time I saw those little dirty diamonds in a sack in the back of the airplane. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But now I see that it is as if they are trading strawberries for rubies and corn for diamonds. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Now Coach caught a glimpse of the diamonds on my feet and got stuck. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I looked at it, at a piece of glass, small as a stub of diamond, burrowed in a puckered setting of skin. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The grass was wet with dew and a million dewdrops were sparkling and twinkling like diamonds around his feet. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z He and Mia were still close, but there were long afternoons at the baseball diamond in the park, long hours practicing passes and practicing layups. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The moon was full and so bright that the trees cast long blue shadows along the ground; the unearthly glow glittered like diamond dust on the freshly fallen snow. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z It surprised him that Chief was something of a fop, with his air of fussy grooming: nails manicured and shiny, black velvet slippers at his feet, a diamond cross around his neck. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “It looks as if it is covered with diamonds,” said Harry Cat. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z It shattered on the floor, and precious stones spilled everywhere—emeralds, rubies, diamonds. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I never promised her gold and diamonds, and I was never able to give her them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The brand-new Jordans, the crisp white tee, the diamonds in his ears. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z The latter beast hath, says he, a diamond in its head. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But the moment I step beyond the diamond bracelet, a loud boom echoes through the room as something crashes into the other side of the big red door. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z A diamond choker sparkles on the red satin lining. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It continued to bend and fold itself into smaller triangles and even smaller diamond shapes until at last it formed a four-legged figure that then sprouted a tail, a head, and finally, a horn. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He claims he’s gotten back involved with the diamond business in the Congo and has many foreign partners, but you still have to remind him to take a bath on any given day. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a large expanse to the left of the school which was used alternately as a baseball diamond or a basketball court. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe nine thousand dollars is quite reasonable for a watch with real diamonds. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z The man wore red suspenders and his shirt was striped silk and there were huge diamond rings on his fat black fingers. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z All she knew was that someone had all her secrets and was hoarding them like diamonds. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Imagine, in this heat wearing a gown sprinkled with rubies, diamonds, and pearls, and bordered with 150 feet of Russian ermine. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You think not? But look at the pattern—a criss-cross diamond shape. And the squares are perfectly regular.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Except for two sets of boot prints, one bearing a diamond pattern and the other a Cat’s Paw design, the slayers had left not a single clue. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z His responsibilities are doubling; there are not, it turns out, a lot of Aryan diamond experts in the Reich. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “No, it’s probably a diamond ring. Five carats or more. Probably sent by a stranger who has seen me from afar. A shy billionaire who’s been inflamed to passion by the sight of my body.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a strange shape: a small diamond with two inverted points protruding from either side. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Somewhere there was a baseball diamond yellow with dust and green with summer grass. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z A sheath of diamonds and jeweled veil and moonlight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Red diamonds of roof tile fit into diamonds of whitewash. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z A set of silver scales appears on the table between the cards, balancing precariously, each side piled with diamonds that sparkle in the candlelight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But two lines came between her eyebrows, and she had a frightening eye sometimes, which glittered like a diamond. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z But her smirk slowly changes into a frown as round after round I drop more diamonds and force everyone to play their most valuable cards up front. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Foreign bootlegging of minerals is so thorough that our neighbor the French Congo, without a single diamond mine in its borders, is the world’s fifth-largest exporter of diamonds. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “She was wearing a hundred pounds of diamonds!” I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z I killed Hassan’s ten of diamonds, played him two jacks and a six. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z With the suspicious attention of a diamond merchant he examined the banana meticulously, dissecting it with a special scalpel, weighing the pieces on a pharmacist's scale, and calculating its breadth with a gunsmith's calipers. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And upon it, just a few inches from the stem, a hasp glittered like a diamond. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z If each house holds a diamond for every light outside, we’ll never have to work another day in our lives. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But also lots of gold watches and big diamonds in rings. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is geode—ugly on outside, beautiful on inside. If you break it open, you will see that inside it look like diamonds.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She wore her wedding ring and a big diamond brooch on her breast. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The basin in which the statue’s plinth was set glittered with ripples of diamond. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z We have manioc and yams to fill our bellies, but protein is scarcer than diamonds. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want a diamond to put in my navel,” Mary Anne said in front of Liebman’s Jewelers. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But now it was just a place kids would meet and kick a ball around or set up a makeshift diamond for stickball or whatnot. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He could have sworn it was a diamond. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Pretty necklaces, ugly bracelets, fake diamond rings, and so on. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Around her slender neck hung a rope of diamonds and emeralds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The pin glimmered with four diamonds, one for each of the states where women could vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Lighter and darker scales wove geometric designs much like the diamond and mountain designs on the rugs that Nali used to weave. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Better to have a single perfect diamond than a sack of flawed stones. We’ll make a showcase of her, put her in the courtyard or something.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Some was lost in gambling, some chipped off for taxes, and some acres torn off like coupons to buy luxuries—a horse, a diamond, or a pretty woman. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She shopped for everything a woman could wear from the skin out, with the money from Reba’s diamond. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Already the sun has blurred my vision and the world looks bathed in a haze of sparkling diamonds. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Emily ran her finger around the diamond carved onto her desktop, avoiding eye contact and hoping no more humiliation was in store. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z As if she wasn’t too busy dressing Ellis up in diamonds and velvet to hear me if I ever did offer anything meaningful. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Just as the boys reached the lot in which there was a ragged diamond tramped out, a little yellow butterfly flew across the weeds. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, or a diamond stud to put where the sun don’t shine,” Digger had muttered. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z "How I know, you might have it full of diamonds or something. A man oughtn't to be greedy. Though it's time something like this happened." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z My dad said the baseball diamond is in this corner. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z When I turned it over into the wastebasket, the small heap sparkled like diamond dust. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z The only reason I wasn't a hundred percent sure is because he didn't have on no gold or diamonds. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Did he use the real diamond to make them? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I lighten the strands to the color of snow and add streaks of silver and embed diamonds. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Around her neck sparkled her good necklace that had real diamonds. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Others were in the full bloom of youth, their eyes like diamonds, reflecting a bright future. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Devi etched a number on the side of the bottle with a diamond stylus, then brought out a slip of paper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Sometimes she wears it around her neck on a chain, the diamond dropping low enough to touch her heart. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure says, “I heard that the diamond is like a piece of light from the original world. Before it fell. A piece of light rained to earth from God.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Though the bindings on her pink-and-yellow gown crushed her ribs, and the pearls and diamonds around her neck strangled her, she kept her chin high, poised. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Within the room was a great canopied bed, a tall wardrobe decorated with erotic carvings, and a narrow window of leaded glass in a pattern of red and yellow diamonds. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps they both were, and there was such brilliance in the endless careless diamonds of light, but there was awareness, too, and urgency. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In the centre upon his forehead shone a single white diamond. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z The stars shone as bright and cold and hard as diamonds. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z On hers, I wrote something extra below the diamond. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z When Mr. Becker went across the street to the Mountaineer Diner for lunch, he always took the key to the display case that held the diamond rings. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A Belgian and an American, let’s say, two old friends with a hunger in common, a hand in the diamond business. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “The way Superman can squeeze a lump of coal so hard that it turns into a diamond?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Matthew nearly collided with a college-aged guy, who did a double take of Matthew’s shirt—the one with five diamond playing cards on it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I buy Carmen a gold hair clip with little fake diamonds. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Did you see how sparkly Miss New Jersey’s crown was? I wonder if those were real diamonds,” Maricela says. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Rusty hoops on the swaying poles represented the permanent recreational equipment, although bats and balls could be borrowed from the P. E. teacher if the borrower was qualified and if the diamond wasn’t occupied. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The strawberries in the field next door smelled so ripe that I would press my nose through a diamond of wire to sniff the fragrant fruit. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z In this world, chance went another way, and the diamond frame was successful. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z His wife wears diamonds and is the envy of men and women alike. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z And since the other bases were set wherever a slab of granite showed its back, they weren’t playing on anything you could rightly call a diamond. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z No one in their right mind would throw diamonds out, would they? I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z A seventeenth- century globe as big around as a small car, with rubies to mark volcanoes, sapphires clustered at the poles, and diamonds for world capitals. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A leaky pipe destroys an entire rack of pressed botanical samples: it’s the diamond. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A display of plum-colored jewels and diamond necklaces comes from the mercantile House of Bijoux. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z My country is rich in the minerals and gems that lie beneath its soil, but I have always known that its greatest wealth is its people, finer and truer than the purest diamonds. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She kept her hand stretched out, turning it this way and that, letting the diamond catch the light. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Her stepmother came toward the two of them, and in the dim light she took the strand of diamonds from Ana’s outstretched palm. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Forget that she sometimes wore a diamond crown and that I’d flown to London on the presidential jet; we were just two tired ladies oppressed by our shoes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z A golden ring inlaid with a diamond flashed on his finger. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z He lifted it from the plate and stared at it in amazement, as if it were the largest diamond in the world. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It also yielded alkahest, the universal solvent—an agent that could eat through any substance in the world: glass, stone, metal, even diamond. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Two prospectors in partnership discover a mine of preternatural richness—of gold or diamonds or rubies. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Emerald, diamond and ruby necklaces draped over his stubby fingers. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The entire yard sparkled with diamonds of frost that quickly melted into millions of drops of water with a gentle kiss of the sun. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The diamonds of the backgammon board undulated like player piano keys. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And I can see across the baseball diamond in case somebody tries to come in here and mess everything up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “If I’d tried to get everything I ever wanted, Will, I’d have asked for a diamond necklace and a motorcar and—” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Someone slips a parchment marked with the Augurs’ diamond seal beneath my door. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Holmes gave her many presents, among them a Bible, diamond earrings, and a locket—“a little heart,” she said, “with pearls.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The twins are stealing sleeping pills and diamond earrings. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Identifying the true diamonds that were worth more than the fake gold ring that held them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He looked ahead and thought he saw the glint of a diamond about a block away. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “You just have to pretend that you’re trying to escape from international diamond smugglers.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It had a forlorn baseball diamond and some oxidized playground equipment. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z On her finger was a large diamond ring, cut into a brilliant square. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He might have been swimming through liquid diamonds. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Cigarette smoke had dirtied the diamond shapes of the tin ceiling. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The stars were like millions of diamonds in the sky. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z We discovered large sheets of mica that you could pound into powder and then rub all over your body so you’d shimmer under the Nevada sun as if you were coated with diamonds. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Just yesterday, on the road to Vienna, he took possession of a five-hundred-and-seventy- piece china set with a single marquise-cut diamond set into the rim of every single dish. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Surrounding her were candles she burned in daylight, clean yellow diamonds, footlights that ringed her, mysterious masked mother, nose and mouth veiled with a cowboy handkerchief. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He would not be intimidated by death on his doorstep—even when death’s robe was studded with diamonds. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z When she returned, she told us it was in fact a genuine two-carat diamond. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He carried the diamond knife and the plug of plastic containing the toast crumb of cells into the cutting room. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not just somebody,” he said, lifting the tooth to the sun like it was some kind of diamond. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “That was quite good, about those diamonds and pearls. Did you see Barbarossa’s eyes?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z She was talking about the diamond Billy had brought back from the war. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A thin white belt snaked around her narrow waist, and a small diamond cross glinted in the hollow of her neck. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z All that summer, while Josiah and Tayo watched the cattle and the sheep camp, and Robert worked in the fields each day, Rocky read magazines and ran laps at the baseball diamond twice a day. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I dart back across the diamond, spring off the balance ball, and land in front of the whiteboard. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z There was the two-carat diamond ring that Brian and I had found under the rotten lumber back in Welch; she wore it even when sleeping on the street. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I've heard they have some sort of machine in District 1 that can turn graphite into diamonds. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Her hair is parted to the side, and the white of her diamond earring catches the light. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Maybe, he thought, the diamond ring and the gun could buy Bri a safe way to get to the convoy. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z A “diamond” earring glistens in one of his ears, and his snapback matches his sneakers. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The memories of that night are hard and bright within me like a diamond, and the fires that flash from it have strange powers. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Dupont, after all, would not have known who had been given the replicas of the diamond; he had no insight into the last-second safeguards of the museum. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “Then where did they come from? Did Ana tell you that by the next day they were nothing but paste? I thought they were diamonds, the night before.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But that crown wasn’t anything to sniff at—twisting spines of diamonds that looked like branches glowing with new frost. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z On his palm rested a two- carat diamond and a partial denture. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Haven’t you any diamonds or emeralds or rubies?” asked the bug irritably, for he was quite disappointed in what he’d seen so far. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “You were under a lot of pressure. I know how that feels. When we played the escape game, Charles Chiltington put so much pressure on me I thought I might turn into a diamond.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He threw a switch, and the machine hummed, and the sample began to move back and forth, the toast crumb sliding across the edge of the diamond knife. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The top and bottom peaks of the diamond were elongated into a straight line, and it seemed to be symmetrically perfect. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z El Patron ran his gnarled fingers through a box of diamonds and sighed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It led her into the Wood, and she saw the path winking far ahead of her like crushed diamonds. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as he set out along the diamond, though, he saw the shortstop. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Couldn’t be a diamond that big. Looks like metal. Do you think we’ve bored into a buried locomotive?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Ana reached for the diamond necklace and yanked at it, pulling it from Ash’s neck, and the delicate strands broke, the large sapphire clattering onto the floor. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The coral had grown over it and it was covered with barnacles, but huge gems—rubies the size of my head and diamonds even bigger—glowed within the darkness. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A diamond, the locksmith reminds himself, is only a piece of carbon compressed in the bowels of the earth for eons and driven to the surface in a volcanic pipe. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z If she could summon gold and diamonds, why not summon another kind of treasure—a vision of the world people wanted to see? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I poured two cups and carried them back over to the diamond. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And the man with the diamond patterns on his socks tried to grab my shoulder, so I screamed. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It describes a thing, so it can usually be found right in front of a noun: “I just love my everyday diamonds, ” said Magda. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z With a twist of his wrist, it became a diamond bracelet. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z His teeth were two rows of pointed cut diamonds arrayed in a lipless grin, and a large ruby was set in each of his eye sockets. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Reba put her hand down in the top of her dress and pulled out a diamond ring attached to a string. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew all along of course that I was lying about throwing out the diamonds. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But on Washington Street we found a diamond. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “Girl, where you going? What you doing? You reckon on finding some men up North to dress you in pearls and diamonds?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She’s wearing white jeans and a navy blue cotton top with diamond jewelry. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z She might like that, but it would pale before the diamond ring Reba had stuck down in her dress. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if the house has caught fire, he thinks, the diamond will be there. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Both wear jewelry, gold and diamonds, even perfume. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The diamond surface of the water broke and hissed; it sent sparks in all directions and turned a vivid, poisonous-looking blue. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Fie examines the diamond for a long time, turning it this way and that. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z When she was gone he stepped into the room, sumptuous in his black velvet, with one cold diamond beaming in the rushlight from his scarlet badge. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The salesman was saying something about the quality of the gold and diamonds, and then, “Does the gentleman wish to know the price?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z This rich girl with her diamond nose jewel and her gold rings and fingers all intact, with her dark glittering eyes alive instead of dead. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It rose up, a sparkling diamond breeze fit for a queen. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z He unlocked a filing cabinet and removed his diamond knife. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Recently, the Soviet scientist E. Sobotovich has identified a large number of tiny diamonds strewn over the Tunguska site. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Her mother had just sold Hazel’s first precious stone: a small diamond. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z To call that feeling racial is to hand over all those diamonds, fashioned by our ancestors, to the plunderer. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She knew the diamonds he used for a heart. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Both of them are wearing gold chains and huge diamond earrings. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z His Masonic ring had diamond chips in it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The glittering mask over her face and the diamonds around her neck were luminous, and her dress seemed to float over the floor. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And the man with the diamond patterns on his socks said, “Oh Christ. Oh Christ.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A fat glittering diamond the size of an ostrich egg sits atop it. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I was surprised they hadn’t turned into diamonds or dust the way he’d been holding them so tight. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Baba paid for the child s, our matching wedding bands, and for the diamond ring I picked out. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Pacific Bell Park sprawled below as they took an overpass, the park’s bright green diamond empty. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z But one woman had a diamond engagement ring, and the other wore a Jewish star pendant. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “That diamond in the road—” “Please,” she said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Joff wore plush black velvets slashed with crimson, a shimmering cloth-of-gold cape with a high collar, and on his head a golden crown crusted with rubies and black diamonds. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Jason pointed at the stars, which made a splash of diamonds across the sky - better jewels than even Hazel Levesque could have summoned. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z He put an ace up on his scoring rack and piled a two, three and four of diamonds on it. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Standing amidships was a girl in a flowing dress of white silk, her mane of black hair pinned back with a circlet of diamonds. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But the duke wanted the diamond very badly. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Yes, the boy appeared to be wearing a scythe’s robe—a royal blue one, studded with diamonds—but the robe clearly didn’t fit him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z There’s a diamond ring on Zahra’s finger when she shows up with her coffee thermos and a thick stack of files. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Why do I have a green diamond floating over my head? ” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “What would the sheep think if I went out to the moor in diamonds?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z The total damage included one stomach pumped, three breakups of long-term relationships, one lost diamond earring, four outrageous hotel-room parties, and five matching tattoos allegedly decorating the behinds of the senior class officers. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I have never before touched these New World diamonds. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z He wore expensively tailored suits and a large yellow diamond stickpin. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z In the moonlight he saw a silver spray burst up into the air, a shower of diamond dust. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Her tall, sinuous frame was draped in vibrant blue silk, the plunging neckline accented with iridescent feathers that tickled the signature diamond choker glittering at her neck. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z More diamonds had surfaced around her, and her eyes stung from crying. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The joints of the diamond’s facets were not quite as sharp as they should have been. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z A small diamond set at the center of a gold filigree flower. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But to the south it also includes a corner of the soccer field and all of the baseball diamond. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He wore a silver belt, and round his neck hung a chain of silver and diamonds. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z In the gold and diamond mines of the Transvaal? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Esteban gave his wife a set of diamond jewelry, which she thought beautiful. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But another outlaw told White that Hale had actually set up the robbery—that he’d told Kirby about the diamonds and suggested the ideal time to break in. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It was a place of royal blue studded with diamonds that glistened like stars. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Graham had accepted, gave her his grandmother’s diamond. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Or the perfumer could have betrayed him, taking the diamond from the girl after marching her away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Sonia shows off her ring, six tiny diamonds surrounding an emerald, to the mashis, who wear their red and green saris. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I wondered why my father worked so hard panning for diamonds in the alluvial mines, diamonds that he would not be allowed to keep. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The diamond ring on Joyce’s finger comforted both of them, but at times Joe could not help but look at it and wonder whether he would ever be able to live up to its implications. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He also spent some time at the diamond mines down south in Katanga, where he says one-quarter of all the world’s diamonds come from. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And as they went, the feather dropped from her hat and the silk cloak from her shoulders and the diamonds from her shoes. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z A diamond no bigger than a pebble would be worth thousands of dollars. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z But it was she who was the diamond, sparkling out of that muddy, grassless, dirty-brick setting. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Lyra was busy looking at all the life in the forest, from woodpeckers to squirrels to little green moss snakes with diamonds down their backs, and Will needed all his energy simply to keep going. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The moon had set by now, and the sky to the south was profoundly dark, though the billions of stars lay on it like diamonds on velvet. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z He pointed to the middle of the diamond design and said, “That’s where you would hang the chandelier.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z She pointed to the small diamond earrings she was wearing. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “Did you manage to get hold of a big enough diamond?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z After working all day at the diamond mines, Papa would need the largest serving of rice. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The night was clear and the stars were spread out like diamonds on a vast blanket of black velvet. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z A diamond on it flashed in the dim light. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z When Mr. Becker came back from lunch, he studied the diamond- ring display like he always did, but he didn’t even glance at the watches. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Thanks to those remarkable men, plus others uncounted who died on the way, Angola has wrested itself free of Portugal and still owns its diamonds and oil wells. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We sat beside each other by the fire, silent, watching the jewels change and glow first into white diamonds, then into sapphires, then into rubies. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Emily ran her finger around the diamond carved onto her desktop, avoiding eye contact and hoping no more humiliation was in store. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Why not,” she asks, “just take the diamond and throw it into the sea?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I twirled the jack of diamonds in my fingers, flipped it back and forth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I was less important than the things she had now—a nice house and diamond jewelry, an expensive car and a big refrigerator. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Its eyes were glazed with hate as it hung in the air surrounded by churning water and a million diamond droplets of water. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Only occasionally does a hunk of it shoot up at just the right speed and cool down with the necessary swiftness to become a diamond. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Stop—I see your problem! You’re thinking that time exists on the diamonds themselves. It doesn’t. Each moment—each diamond—is like a snapshot.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z Three rubies are set on both sides of the diamond. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “And Kvothe had to eat, and rent a room, and buy more oats for his horse. So his gold was all used up by then. So he—” “What about the diamond?” the boy insisted. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It's not Greenville but it's not diamond sidewalks either. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Giant diamonds of glass marked out an impressive star. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I have plenty of experience being the center of attention—on a soccer field, a basketball court, a baseball diamond. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z The light from the candles reflects on the diamond. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z It’s a grief to see the best of Zairean genius and diplomacy spent on bare survival, while fortunes in diamonds and cobalt are slipped daily out from under our feet. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Scattered over it were jungle gyms and tall swings, sandboxes, slides and a baseball diamond. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z These usually bought land, but good land, and built their houses of planed lumber and had carpets and colored-glass diamond panes in their windows. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the satchel was a black wooden box, and inside on a bed of velvet was a necklace in the shape of a diamond cobweb with a great sapphire at its center. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Newspapers were more valuable to political prisoners than gold or diamonds, more hungered for than food or tobacco; they were the most precious contraband on Robben Island. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “As the story goes, the captain was the only man to ever get her out of those diamonds. She turned to dust as soon as he’d unhooked it.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z While the pirates body-search everyone onboard, other pirates ransack our small boat, taking diamond rings, sapphire necklaces, gold nuggets hidden in sacks of clothes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To the KGB, Blake was henceforth known by his code name: DIOMID, or "diamond." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I sighed, looking at the glittering diamonds in the store window, the rings and the neat rows of golden watches. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I left Marco on his hands and knees, scrabbling in the darkness for another, smaller darkness that hid the light of his diamond from his furious eyes. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z He pulled out a diamond and flicked it aside. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And as if everyone in the gymnasium has set their eyes on the little, bright diamond, they all stand up to cheer. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “How does she keep from collapsing under the weight of those diamonds? They can’t possibly be real.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z A diamond necklace caught in a lobster trap. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z There were plenty of other diamonds she could have stolen for their purposes and other trouble she could have made to attract the guards’ attention. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He was scratching at the raised edge of the diamond with his thumb, his head studiously down. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Tell her I’m sorry I sold the diamond, eh?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The blonde Baroness who shone like a diamond. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The patterns on the snakes’ skins were perfect, repeating endlessly in coils and stripes and ovals and diamonds, in all the colors of the island. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Next to him an eating lady in a green and purple Kanjeevaram sari and diamonds clustered like shining bees on each nostril offered him yellow laddoos in a box. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can have it back. I want a diamond, though. I hear your momma can make those out of thin air. Gimme a diamond.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “A gold ring with a sapphire flanked by two diamonds.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z His skin, white despite the faint flush from yesterday’s hunting trip, literally sparkled, like thousands of tiny diamonds were embedded in the surface. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Rubies, emeralds, diamonds, and sapphires—the scene sparkled around the two girls. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “They were never diamonds,” Ash said, though she did not know if that were true. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know what the diamonds were till he said that. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Moonstones and diamonds,” said Griphook, who had sidled into the room without Harry noticing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But mostly I just saw endless grass, weedless, freshly mown into a diamond pattern. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He said, You tell anybody you saw diamonds in those bags your Mama and Daddy both will get sick and die. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Marie-Laure hears that the diamond is pale green and as big as a coat button. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Von Rumpel’s particular gift is for diamonds: he can facet and polish stones as well as any Aryan jeweler in Europe, and he often spots fakes at a glance. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He was roughly the same height as Bob, with elaborate Stygian iron armor, a single diamond blazing in the center of his breastplate. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Shaped like circles, diamonds, hexagons, and interlocking rectangles, the earthworks are three to nine hundred feet in diameter and outlined by trenches up to twenty feet deep. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z And she was wearing the fake diamond earrings she always wears that sparkle when the sun hits ’em at a certain angle. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I wonder if this Promenade is expensive or if we'd both be out of place, but Warren seems like he can handle being anywhere, even with his diamond studs and sneakers. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He was wearing big, square diamond studs, one in each ear. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Helene rubs the Blackcliff tattoo on the back of her neck—a four-sided black diamond with curved sides that is inked into every student upon arrival at the school. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z In between the lines of the moon sands, the diamond dust fell onto the desert floor and into sparkly piles. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It appeared to contain an object roughly the size of the Hope diamond or an irrigation attachment. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z Boyle never discussed garlic and magnets, but he did address the old belief that it was impossible to crush a diamond unless it had first been softened in goat’s blood. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She gave him a gold cigarette case inlaid with diamonds. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z From there, after purchasing by check a diamond engagement ring and a diamond wedding band, they drove to a pawnshop to dispose of these items. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He held it in his little hands proudly, like he’d discovered a big brown diamond. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z After dinner they drank anisette and I was given the crunchy diamonds that formed in the sugarcane strings inside the bottles. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “You’ve gone the wrong way, madam,” he said, staring at Aunt Daisy’s huge diamond ring. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Mama shook her head and played with one of her diamond earrings. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z They found, incredibly, the cylindrical core of a diamond drill. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There is no way the director would knowingly give a tradesman a one- hundred-and-thirty-three-carat diamond and let him walk out of Paris with it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z "Treasure in a storm drain? You mean like gold and diamonds kind of stuff?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z Among them twinkle hundreds upon hundreds of little diamonds, most still in necklaces, bracelets, cufflinks, or earrings. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The five bars and three diamonds of a sergeant major. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I noticed a clip of blazing diamonds on her dress as I tried to stand aside for the others, but Brother Jack pushed me ahead. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a machine like a jade-green insect, a praying mantis, delicately rushing through the cold air, indistinct, countless green diamonds winking over its body, and red jewels that glittered with multifaceted eyes. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z As light glimmered around the Institute, Tom sliced pieces of monkey liver with his diamond knife and put them into the electron microscope. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Jagged chunks of black diamond studded his swordbelt, and a chain of gold and emeralds looped around his neck. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “These are diamonds, Mother! How else could she afford a gown like this?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The goddess lashed her whip—a thin streak of stars like diamond barbs—and the horses reared back. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I used blue painter’s tape for the diamond, flattened shoebox tops for the bases, and a balance ball for the pitcher’s mound. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Precious jewels made up for the lack of flowers, piles of rubies as big as my fist, clumps of raw diamonds. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z A big diamond- back rattler struck at Papa and Papa chopped his head off with one quick lick of his scythe. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z They sat on the roof of Pluto’s shrine, which was covered with bones and diamonds. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The rabid little American I call Paul Lazzaro in this book had about a quart of diamonds and emeralds and rubies and so on. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The duke of Veragua, a direct descendent of Columbus, sat in the fourteenth carriage; the duchess occupied the fifteenth with Bertha Palmer, whose diamonds radiated an almost palpable heat. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The waterfalls on the walls stopped flowing into the pools—instead, droplets began flowing upward, sparkling like diamonds as they joined the story above our heads. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Something new, Edna?” exclaimed Miss May- blunt, with lorgnette directed toward a magnificent cluster of diamonds that sparkled, that almost sputtered, in Edna’s hair, just over the center of her forehead. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m half-frozen when I get off, but the forests are beautiful, sparkling like diamond dust, mist lifting off the fields and the hills. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Yes! He’d call them Treasure Trove Mondays because tourists had been dropping things on the beach all weekend. Remember the diamond ring?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “I've often wondered what it must be like. I've heard that in some of the houses the floors are paved with gold and that they have real diamonds on the doorknobs.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I think about how she whipped her diamond ring off and used it to explain the way she sees time, and the way Marcus stared at her afterward. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z I recognize the far-off shapes of the mist-shrouded Imbabura, the man mountain, and Cota- cachi, his wife, who is covered in diamond frost that he has given her as a gift. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Matthew nearly collided with a college-aged guy, who did a double take of Matthew’s shirt—the one with five diamond playing cards on it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z And there’s Hilda, who is always worried Imre will be robbed because he sells diamond rings on Forty-Seventh Street, and their children, Eva and Ezra, who are too shy to talk. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z At the summit of the house was a cupola with diamond leaded-glass windows and a dunce- cap roof! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The next morning, waiting for him on the table was Mom’s note of reply: I never wanted diamonds. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It would’ve taken me till I was ninety to get the diamond willow posts and wire out to the field if I hadn’t. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The biggest key opened a jewelry box on the dresser that was full of costume jewelry—fake diamond necklaces, pearl earrings, emerald pendants, sapphire rings, and ruby bracelets. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z A girl in a pink hoodie emblazoned with the word Bollywood across it and oversize shades, a small diamond in her nose. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z She wore an elegant sleeveless dress of woven gold, her dark hair piled into a cone, encircled with diamonds and emeralds. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z For one thing, instinctive judgments rely on experience, and we don’t experience everything that happens on a basketball court or a baseball diamond. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z How many other diamonds in the rough were there? he wondered. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Getting you a date to prom is so hard that the hypothetical idea itself is actually used to cut diamonds,” I added. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z You need your bedspread, white with black diamonds. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z There were about nine diamond rings on just her right hand! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z She included that photo of me and her standing on the cobblestones in front of the diamond house in the Meatpacking District. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z A sweetheart neckline scoops low above my bodice, and she decorates my neck with layers of diamonds. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Mini touch her diamond bracelet. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Tears welled from his eyes, creeping down his nose, past emeralds, amethysts, and black diamonds. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Håkon pulled himself out and shook tiny diamonds of water off his scales. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z They say the City is a place where diamonds speckle the sidewalk. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z His skin is white, and his nose is crooked and has a diamond stud. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The picture was really cool, the drops of water catching the sun and twinkling like little diamonds. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She’s wearing Mom’s prized jewelry—the diamond teardrop earrings and pendant. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z And they have no means to make glass, and so the beads, with their bright colors, are to them like rubies, emeralds, and diamonds are to the English. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Of course we want to help,” said a woman in a silk robe embroidered with little diamonds. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Within the diamond haze of the beach something dark was fumbling along. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Added to the real diamond, that makes four. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z It was dusty and dull, but I told her that if she scrubbed it hard, it would sparkle like a diamond. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She weighed ninety-eight pounds; rings—a wedding band and one set with a diamond modest to the point of meekness—wobbled on one of her bony hands. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The day I did, her nails were midnight blue, each with a fake diamond. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z One day soon after Brian was born, we were short on cash, so Dad pawned Mom’s big diamond wedding ring, which her mother had paid for, and that upset Mom. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z As Scoob passes, a pair of diamond earrings appear on the table as well. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z He sat down at a table, facing the cutting machine, and fitted his diamond knife into it, taking extreme care not to let his fingers touch the edge of the knife. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z What grass the horses had left was heavy with dew, as if some passing god had scattered a bag of diamonds over the earth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Several diamonds popped out of the ground at her feet. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Why would the businessmen take Congo’s diamonds away? And what are Americans doing down there anyhow? I thought the Congo belonged to Belgium. I mean before.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She crawls along the floor to the top of the seven-rung ladder and sits with her feet dangling and the diamond inside the house in her pocket and the knife in her fist. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z "That's a diamond," somebody said, and a lot of people burst out laughing. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z They even had the same baseball diamond and the same green scoreboard. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "I have earned my diamond with this blood. Give it to me." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z One Saturday morning not long after Mom started wearing her new diamond ring, her mood was on an upswing, and she decided we’d all clean the house. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z A gold ring with a small diamond cut into the middle of its crown caught the light every time the boy moved his hand. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z And since it was about the only jewelry I’d seen in an entire year, it could have been diamonds—I was that depraved. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She found herself surrounded by a knee-high mound of treasure—Roman denarii, silver drachmas, ancient gold jewelry, glittering diamonds and topaz and rubies—enough to fill several lawn bags. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Such diamonds are already known to exist in meteorites that have survived impact, and that may originate ultimately from comets. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazel passed a diamond between her fingers in a sleight of hand. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Both ears had diamond studs, but the left one also had a silver skull that hung almost to his shoulder. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The United States abounded with dollar bills, baseball sluggers, raccoon coats, diamond jewelry—and lonely, immigrant bachelors. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Just picturing her in her satin gown and a Congolese diamond digger in the same universe gave me the weebie jeebies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A perfect diamond the size of a pistachio glittered between her feet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A diamond all set round with rubies; that’s a gentleman’s, I hope! Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Like a diamond ring in a lucky bag. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Reporters tantalized their readers with stories about the “plutocratic Osage” and the “red millionaires,” with their brick-and-terra-cotta mansions and chandeliers, with their diamond rings and fur coats and chauffeured cars. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z She was taller, but so was I. She had on a blue polo shirt, a sweater honest-to-God tied around her neck, diamond studs that glinted even under the bad fluorescent hallway lights. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Mama tugged at her ear and touched her diamond stud earring. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Across the water, the Crux rode huge and golden on the waves, sea spray sparkling along her gilded figurehead—a wooden woman holding a diamond the size of a cow skull. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Then it becomes a diamond, definitely a diamond. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z He knew he was going crazy when he heard himself proposing marriage to her, when he begged her to take the diamond ring and be his companion for life. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s almost like someone flicked a switch, because there were only a few stars here and there, and now there’s an endless supply—like a huge diamond exploded in the sky. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When she moved her hands, they flashed in the brilliant sunlight: diamonds, rubies, sapphires. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Clara ran her eyes over everything and found it all quite lovely, just as she had politely approved of a sunset on the high seas, the Piazza San Marco, and her diamond jewelry. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The dealer looked at me, then at Mom, who returned his mildly suspicious glance with a look sharp enough to cut diamonds followed by a smile more brilliant that any gem. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was small, but super sparkly; a circle of smaller diamonds surrounded the big one in the middle and trickled down the silver band. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Then he hiked his khaki pants up, just enough to show his tan socks, peppered with dark-brown diamonds. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Five days in this house and no diamond, the last German-controlled port in Brittany nearly lost, the Atlantic Wall with it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z There were shoes, as well — satin slippers in the same ice blue — and a mask shaped like a butterfly, embedded with what seemed to be hundreds of tiny diamonds and sapphires. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He had the cleanest fingernails of any man I’d ever seen—it was the male hand in the ad reaching to put the diamond on the Pond’s-caressed female hand. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I got the roasting heat and the crocodiles and the snakes and the long safaris up-country, selling Shell oil to the men who ran the diamond mines and the sisal plantations. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Royal blue, speckled with glittering jewels that appeared to be diamonds. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Over the course of a few hours, his shoppers included a young woman with a giant diamond ring and a former airplane parts inspector living off her disability checks. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z You didn’t leave diamonds lying around on the breakfast table and you kept the Zoo of Death shut and bolted. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Uncle studied the cork and then worked the point into the cork as if he were a diamond cutter. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z When he spoke of diamonds I naturally thought of Marilyn Monroe in her long gloves and pursey lips whispering “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was gold, studded all the way around with— “Are those diamonds?” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He waves a flash hand made of diamonds around, thanking his team. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z If he really did see a book from home, it’s more valuable to me than all of the diamonds and emeralds and rubies scattered on los Viejos’ kitchen floor. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He is a magnificent black, all Arabian fire with a perfect white diamond on his forehead. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z And then another train came and the man with the diamond patterns on his socks and the lady with the guitar case got on and it went away again. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “See, Blanca, let’s just give them what money we can”—diamond ring included —“and let them go to Chicago.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “If the Isles of Earthsea were all made of diamond, we’d lead a hard life here. Enjoy illusions, lad, and let the rocks be rocks.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I was diamond on the outside, and I would not break. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z After lunch another worker said there was someone else she wanted us to meet, but Luke took the opportunity to bolt toward the baseball diamond. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The diamond would also cut your fingertip, perhaps badly. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I always went for the clothes first, running my hands along the seams to see if anyone else had had the same idea as my mother, and once found a pair of diamond earrings. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z I take a deep breath and make a bold move, playing the ace of diamonds first. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z "It's worth a king's ransom, this bottle. It cost me two large blue-white diamonds, a mechanical bluebird which sang, and a dragon's scale." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Possibly she meant coal turns to diamonds, but that's untrue, too. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The diamond is not real; it too is the work of Dupont. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The drops of water lit the air like diamonds. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The sultan’s jewelers said something else: they said the stone was the largest raw diamond anyone had ever seen. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But when I placed the pit in his hands, he looked up at me with shining eyes, as if I’d given him a diamond. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Points out a pair of earrings Scoob thinks are diamond, though they have a pinkish tint. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z A real diamond, his father used to say, is never entirely free of inclusions. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The diamond might make me rich, but a crown would make me queen. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Mr. Cooper, you say, Oh, but the diamond is mine, my treacherous darling! And then you scoop up the diamond like this!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Axelroot did pretty well for himself as a pilot in the Congo, transporting perishable goods from the bush into the cities for retail sale, and he was also active in the diamond trade. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z A body was forming out of silver and gold, with oil for blood and raw diamonds for a heart. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z "Can I take my belt of silver flowers and my gold collar with the black diamonds you said looked like my eyes? I won't wear them if you say I shouldn't." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It was blanketed with thick snow, iced over, and glittering like a diamond, but she still did not see anything unusual about it. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I take a knife from my pocket—a knife that wasn’t there a moment ago—and will my leg to be hard as diamond. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z She put her hands on her hips, that familiar gesture of exasperation that always made her seem larger, and I saw the unnatural diamond shape formed by her elbows and narrowed waist. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I stood for a while and watched the big boys tear around the dusty diamond and then headed home. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you’ve got to know, he gave that diamond to a special friend of his. A special lady friend. But that’s a whole different story than the one I’m telling now.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Shouldn’t wonder if she drove six white horses, ate off gold plate, and wore diamonds and point lace every day. Teddy thinks nothing too good for her,” returned Jo with infinite satisfaction. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “How nice! But I wish she’d let us have them now. Procrastination is not agreeable,” observed Amy, taking a last look at the diamonds. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The path came to an end in a circular clearing, where she saw a crystal fountain in which a hawthorn tree made of diamonds rained clear water. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Otis had lost his diamond tiara and looked angry about it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The locksmith tells himself that the diamond he carries is not real. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “I knew you had one of those crazy expensive Scandinavian skin care regimens. Do you have that, like, eye cream with diamonds in it?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The center of their attention was a scythe in royal blue whose robe contained what appeared to be diamonds. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But Dray…After that, he bought me a diamond necklace and took me shopping. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “You’re building a special case to display that diamond. Some kind of transparent safe.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z His other eye has no eye patch, and the peach pit has been replaced by a diamond that glitters in the midday sun. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z And he remarks that with this equipment you will find it easy to establish that garlic and diamonds do not disempower magnets; you can do the experiment whenever you like. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When I arrived at the baseball diamond Bunny and the other four players on our small team were already practicing. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And yet whenever anything goes wrong, the staff whispers that the diamond has caused it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The diamonds in his robe twinkled in the faraway firelight, so bedazzling. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z My brother is bringing Danny, whose nose runs all the time, who wears knitted vests in diamond patterns, who has a stamp collection. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z |
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