How to Use marquise in a Sentence

marquise

noun

• The marquise is also a cut that goes in and out of style.
  — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 8 June 2021
• The instrument was preserved by the marquise's descendents, from her nephew Henri down to the present day.
  — Hafsa Khalil, CNN, 6 Dec. 2022
• There’s the Lucy necklace (named after the actress Lucy Liu), with a natural marquise jadeite set on a lightweight gold chain.
  — Benoît Loiseau, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2020
• Set in platinum, the pear/mixed-cut gem is surrounded by pear and marquise-shaped diamonds.
  — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 21 June 2021
• The had a twenty-one plus carat marquise diamond dangling from it, along with 164 more dazzling stones.
  — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 10 Feb. 2020
• Baguette, marquise and pear shaped diamonds are showing up in a range of styles from antique and vintage to ultra modern.
  — Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 11 May 2021
• A decade after her engagement, Jacqueline Kennedy added two carats of marquise and round diamonds to her ring to create the look of a laurel wreath.
  — Allison Duncan, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2022
• The largest piece, the lariat shown here, is composed of 78 round and pear-shaped rubies and 99 marquise and round brilliant diamonds set in fine-pronged platinum.
  — WSJ, 6 July 2021
• Scenes typically end with the marquise at a blackboard making hash marks beneath each word to tell which one has the advantage.
  — John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2018
• The tail and sparkling eye are set with brilliant-cut diamonds, while four marquise-cut diamonds suggest a bow around the animal’s neck.
  — Nancy Olson, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2023
• Styles also include clusters in medallions, mixed cuts in bracelets, rings that feature baguettes in new takes on eternity style bands and marquise shapes that go from north to south or east to west on the finger.
  — Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 11 May 2021
• But the marquee feature is the dials, which are encrusted with round diamonds on the bezel and either 11 marquise-cut diamonds or rubies for the hour markers.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2021
• Tucker writes with gusto about Marie-Madeleine d’Aubray, the marquise de Brinvilliers, who dosed her father and brothers with arsenic for forcibly separating her from her rogue lover.
  — Marilyn Stasio, New York Times, 1 June 2017
• For these vengeful deeds, the marquise had her head chopped off in a spectacular public execution.
  — Marilyn Stasio, New York Times, 1 June 2017
• Other trends include rose-gold settings, settings with small diamonds in the band and east-west settings, where an elongated stone such as princess cut or marquise is set sideways on the ring.
  — Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, kansascity, 25 Jan. 2018
• On her left ring finger, Turner-Brown wore a glimmering marquise diamond, which looks very much like an engagement ring.
  — Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 15 Nov. 2019
• On her left ring finger, Turner-Smith wore a glimmering marquise diamond, which looks very much like an engagement ring.
  — Aurelie Corinthios, PEOPLE.com, 23 Dec. 2019
• The new Alchemy collection focuses on four cuts—emerald, marquise, pear, and round—and how each speaks to and of a specific personality.
  — Leah Melby Clinton, Town & Country, 9 Apr. 2018
• Desserts include pecan carrot cake, caramel profiteroles, chocolate marquise cake, bread pudding, pineapple fritters and cupcakes, along with chocolate eggs.
  — Bud Kennedy, star-telegram, 28 Mar. 2018
• Other styles include bezel-set diamonds in oval, marquise, or emerald cuts; elegant cigar bands; fully pavéd bands; and rings with three or seven diamonds across.
  — Emily Farra, Vogue, 10 May 2018
• Not afraid to put her own stamp on the design, the First Lady actually redesigned the piece nearly a decade after their wedding, replacing the baguettes with flashier marquise-cut diamonds that tapered to round-cut diamonds on the side.
  — Emily Chan, Vogue, 30 Nov. 2022
• For the bride, a platinum round diamond eternity band as well as a platinum marquise diamond band set into a bezel eternity band, each with just under 2 carats of diamonds per band.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 10 June 2022
• As often as not the job calls for a fancy pedigree that may include an advanced degree from an Ivy institution, a facility with languages, and manners that rival those of a marquise.
  — New York Times, 8 Oct. 2020
• While her performance did not feature the NSFW image her stunning video did, there was a giant marquise-cut diamond projected on the screen behind the rapper throughout her performance to hint at it.
  — Anna Chan, Billboard, 27 June 2021
• The Precious Emerald models retain the signature emerald shaped dial and petite composition with the addition of a platinum bracelet set entirely with marquise diamonds.
  — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 15 Oct 2024