How to Use touchstone in a Sentence

touchstone

noun

• Good service is one touchstone of a first-class restaurant.
• The trauma of the famine is a touchstone, but so is the green-joy part.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
• Through the Trump years, those words were my touchstone.
  — Amy Klobuchar, Star Tribune, 22 Apr. 2021
• Was that a touchstone for you at all, in life or for this show?
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 16 Aug. 2022
• That’s that touchstone to your heart and the thing that gets you out of the house and that drives you forward.
  — Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2021
• Was that show a touchstone for you at all in life or for this show?
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 17 Aug. 2022
• This record [Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones)] was the touchstone for my album.
  — Melissa Giannini, ELLE, 31 May 2023
• The series streams on Disney+ and has become a Gen Z touchstone.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Jan. 2023
• High Fidelity, based on the novel of the same name, is a touchstone.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 11 Jan. 2023
• The plight of the prisoners is an emotional touchstone across the West Bank and Gaza.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
• For Field, Mahler’s Fifth has always been a touchstone.
  — Josh Rottenbergstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2022
• The tape proved to be a key touchstone in the evolution of Milwaukee’s sound.
  — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 21 Aug. 2023
• That song in that film was using it as a touchstone for that age of people who all knew a song in a bar.
  — Gary Graff, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2021
• The life and art of Aretha Franklin remain a cultural touchstone.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
• The references to the touchstones of the work of her late boss felt timely in this collection.
  — Laure Guilbault, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2023
• But that 97 mph fastball plunking Acuna Jr.'s hip became the touchstone of the game and the talk of the Braves' 9-5 comeback win.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 6 Oct. 2020
• The reference is to the document adopted in May 1948 as the state was proclaimed – long a touchstone for the court.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2023
• In the 50 years since it was first published, the book has become a cultural touchstone.
  — Sam Reed, Glamour, 12 Jan. 2023
• Still, World of Noise is a touchstone record for the band and one that Alexakis was happy to revisit.
  — Niko Stratis, SPIN, 14 June 2022
• The right to worship has become a fierce touchstone in the debate over state and local rules to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
  — Lisa Mascaro, Star Tribune, 18 Sep. 2020
• Your principles will be your touchstone for your choices in the new year.
  — Kathy Miller Perkins, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• The Thing was a touchstone in early conversations about the scene.
  — Katie Rife, Vulture, 23 May 2022
• Muhl is a touchstone, the first Croat to start for a team as successful and visible as UConn.
  — New York Times, 22 Mar. 2021
• The event that made Car and Driver a cultural touchstone.
  — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 22 Oct. 2021
• In place of some of the progressive touchstones was something a lot more basic.
  — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 22 Aug. 2024
• Since its release, Pi has become a touchstone for the math obsessed.
  — WIRED, 14 Mar. 2023
• The song was, in the context of East German pop music, a huge hit, and is now a nostalgic touchstone.
  — Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2021
• Troublesome and the bridge that runs over it is a touchstone for many who love Hindman and the writer’s workshop.
  — Carter Sickels, Outside Online, 3 Sep. 2022
• The 1995 trial of the young mother became a national sensation and a true-crime touchstone.
  — CBS News, 20 Nov. 2024
• What other sorts of touchstone moments can longtime NCIS fans expect?
  — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 18 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024