How to Use alabaster in a Sentence

alabaster

noun

• One of the first on display is a ten-inch alabaster statuette of a goddess.
  — Peter Frankopan, Foreign Affairs, 7 June 2019
• The pharaoh was buried in a gilded wooden coffin that was nested inside of an alabaster sarcophagus and a larger granite sarcophagus.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2024
• Not these ladies, who proved that all things alabaster may be the new black.
  — Carson Griffith, Town & Country, 1 May 2014
• But the opaque black frames stay plastered on his square, alabaster face.
  — Rachel Zarrell, Esquire, 18 July 2013
• Blue skies and alabaster clouds, puffy like balls of cotton.
  — Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 30 May 2020
• The tousled waves through mid-lengths and ends lent more body to the cut, and drew the eye to her alabaster complexion.
  — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2023
• Ripped apart like thick alabaster pages and bleeding like ink from a quill.
  — Halsey, Billboard, 20 June 2017
• The front of an amorphous alabaster coat flapped unzipped at the top and bottom.
  — Thomas Adamson, ajc, 4 Oct. 2022
• Her sons have already damaged one of the Pierre Chareau alabaster sconces.
  — Ian Phillips, ELLE Decor, 21 Aug. 2015
• Shiploads of alabaster artwork escaped the furnaces and were sent to France.
  — Nicholas St. Fleur, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2017
• Even the baby grand piano is alabaster over clear acrylic.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 13 Feb. 2021
• Wang plans to translate all of these looks into shades of ivory, alabaster, stark white and antique white.
  — Carrie Goldberg, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Apr. 2018
• There are examples of plates of fruit made from jade and alabaster from the Qing dynasty in China.
  — New York Times, 27 Nov. 2021
• The home was stuffed with memento mori, among them skulls carved out of ivory and alabaster as well as a 16-inch-tall bronze skeleton.
  — Bridget Reed Morawski, Washington Post, 27 July 2017
• The lamp is alabaster and aged iron, available through Circa Lighting.
  — Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 11 Apr. 2022
• Rough-sawn fir beams in the kitchen, dining room and great room bring a sense of longevity and warmth to rooms painted in Sherwin-Williams alabaster.
  — oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2021
• The alabaster head is likely that of a nobleman in Alexandria.
  — Ella Cerón, Teen Vogue, 12 July 2018
• That is an impressive feat in and of itself, with few men willing to try out an alabaster look in the dead of a Utah winter.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2019
• His alabaster skin, however, has been painted a rich shade of mocha.
  — Matt Stromberg, latimes.com, 20 June 2019
• The fish itself isn’t fancy by any means, but its neutral taste and light alabaster flake are just the right contrast to the airy crackle of its fried shell.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 22 Oct. 2021
• The pillowy body of one of Laurent’s white alabasters is paired with the undulating black sandstone of a Lachaise work.
  — Gaile Robinson, star-telegram, 16 Feb. 2018
• With the exception of an alabaster granite scree field beneath the flat side of Half Dome, the trail is largely shaded.
  — Ashley M. Biggers, Outside Online, 28 Aug. 2014
• High-class organs were laid to rest in alabaster jars; fancy faces were swaddled in masks made with gold and silver.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2020
• Lots of ladies sported brand new summer whites for the first time this season — and summer blacks and whites, with that proof-of-L.A. summer: alabaster Chanel bags.
  — Merle Ginsberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
• Styles made his own upgrades to the house, installing a high-end audio system and giving the floors an alabaster finish.
  — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 23 June 2023
• Elsewhere, the massage suite pays homage to Louboutin’s Egyptian heritage with alabaster walls and calming caramel tones.
  — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 9 Feb. 2023
• From this emerge 8-feet tall spikes in summer, each smothered in nodding, cup-shape alabaster flowers.
  — Earl Nickel, SFChronicle.com, 29 Nov. 2019
• To cross, the Conductor will require three items: 20 pounds of alabaster coal, a peck of Majdaloun jurda, and a goat.
  — Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 27 Apr. 2021
• Start with a discreet, less grandiose overhead fixture—say, a pendant light with an alabaster globe that diffuses the glare.
  — Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2019
• Traces of the second sarcophagus were found as alabaster fragments during restoration work performed in the pharaoh’s tomb in the 1990s.
  — Jacopo Prisco, CNN, 10 June 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024