opals
- plural of opal.
Example Sentences
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At moments, as the rays of the setting sun flooded across the Potomac River, the upper branches of many trees seemed to glow as might a sea of opals and rubies.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2022
But he was caught off-guard by a call he got last fall from a man saying he had “one of the largest opals in the world.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 18, 2022
Some of Ms. Harris’s designs come in solid gold and others in platinum; many are clustered with brilliant diamonds or opals.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2022
From the window seat of a 737, they look like flickering blue opals embedded in a matrix of dusty greenery and concrete.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2021
Xaro was a languid, elegant man with a bald head and a great beak of a nose crusted with rubies, opals, and flakes of jade.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
