jewel box
AmericanEtymology
Origin of jewel box
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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Family members are constantly coming and going through the yard—the Heussenstamms share the property with several of Molly’s siblings—so Molly wanted the space to read like a jewel box from the rear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 7, 2026
Paris is like a jewel box: dazzling but compact.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
Whatever extra space exists in her beloved jewel box apartment is already taken up by her truest loves: clothes and shoes.
From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2023
Acrisure is a $500-million modernist jewel box of an arena, matching the low-slung architecture of the area with wavy jet-age overhangs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
The Virgo cluster is already the richest collection of galaxies known, replete with spirals and ellipticals and irregulars, a jewel box in the sky.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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