Example Sentences

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Mr. Yang has a tattoo on his arm, drawn by a nonbinary Chinese tattoo artist, with ancient signets.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2020

The short exchange had many signets of Mr. Ryan’s nascent leadership style, which contrasts sharply with that of his predecessor, John A. Boehner.

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2015

So far, they have found 1,500 objects: gold and silver jewelry, carved signets, artistic glassware and pottery.

From Time Magazine Archive

Everybody began attending to the paraphernalia of a challenge, the usual sealing of the gages with signets and so on, and the fixing of the date.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Writing Materials--Paper; bookbinding; pens and paint-brushes; ink; ox-gall; wafers, paste, and gum; signets; sealing-wax varnish; small boxes for specimens; Letters, to deposit en cache; writing in the dark; on horseback.

From The Art of Travel Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries by Galton, Francis, Sir