How to Use lapis lazuli in a Sentence

lapis lazuli

noun
  • The lake, now filled with rain and snow melt, was the color of deep blue lapis lazuli.
    — Brian E. Clark, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2019
  • The solid gold base glints with lapis lazuli, turquoise and other semiprecious stones.
    — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The list includes a dagger with a blade of iron and a gold hilt with inlays of lapis lazuli.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Feb. 2022
  • It was made of gold and strung with beads made of lapis lazuli, a blue stone prized in antiquity.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Having more than eight hues of the stone — plus garnets, lapis lazuli and onyx — is already a feat.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
  • Or a necklace made of lapis lazuli, believed by the ancients to ward off melancholy.
    — Kathleen Rooney, The Atlantic, 21 Nov. 2021
  • But who was mining the lapis lazuli in Afghanistan and under what conditions?
    — Teju Cole, New York Times, 25 May 2023
  • For example one secondary bedroom suite has a faucet inset with lapis lazuli (bright blue stone).
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 3 Aug. 2019
  • Hidden among some bronze weapons was a magnificent gold dagger with a lapis lazuli handle.
    — National Geographic, 22 May 2019
  • It was generally made of a precious or semiprecious stone such as lapis lazuli, agate or chalcedony.
    — Serdar Yalçin, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The frame is original, and the painting is lavish in its use of gold and precious pigments such as lapis lazuli.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2020
  • One best seller was a globe, supposedly made from lapis lazuli and other gemstones.
    — Chris Stanton, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The name comes from lapis lazuli, that gorgeous blue stone that shifts from deep and mysterious to bright and luminous.
    — Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Mineral stones from Pakistan and lapis lazuli from Afghanistan come to my studio in raw form.
    — Sonya Rehman, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The vibrant blue was derived from the semiprecious stone lapis lazuli, which was heated and ground up to produce a pigment.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2020
  • The sound box of the instrument was incrusted with carnelian, lapis lazuli, and mother-of-pearl.
    — National Geographic, 22 May 2019
  • Here, a case and crown set with sapphires and diamonds meets a dial plate with onyx, mother-of-pearl, lapis lazuli, and jasper.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Almost anything can be found carved from lapis lazuli, a semiprecious, deep blue gemstone native to Afghanistan.
    — Rod Nordland, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2018
  • Ultramarine, made from lapis lazuli, was the era's most expensive pigment used.
    — Nick Glass, CNN, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Her elaborate headdress was made of 20 gold leaves, lapis lazuli and carnelian beads, as well as a large golden comb.
    — National Geographic, 22 May 2019
  • Gold, lapis lazuli, and virtuosity abound.
    — Louise Bokkenheuser, Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Circular buoy shapes are suspended from pearls and studded with diamonds and lapis lazuli.
    — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Pieces of lapis lazuli, malachite or onyx are carved into shapes to fit as overlays onto the bridges, plates and bezels, or to serve as indexes.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 10 June 2021
  • But using lapis lazuli as medicine wasn’t widespread in Germany in the Middle Ages.
    — Megan Schmidt, Discover Magazine, 10 Jan. 2019
  • The earliest stable blue was made from lapis lazuli, the mining of which began in Afghanistan around six thousand years ago.
    — Kanya Kanchana, Longreads, 15 Oct. 2024
  • To achieve their effects, the Mughal court artists used pigments composed, among other things, of lapis lazuli, gold, tin and charcoal.
    — J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 18 May 2018
  • Silver bracelets of Queen Hetepheres inlaid with turquoise, lapis lazuli and carnelian in a chest covered with gold leaf.
    — Charlene Gubash, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025
  • This parrot couple is forged in white gold with emerald, lapis lazuli, turquoise, onyx, and round and baguette-cut diamonds evocative of feathers.
    — Daily Intelligencer, 30 Oct. 2017
  • It comes adorned with emeralds, rubies, lapis lazuli, onyx, black spinel, turquoise, chrysoprase, sapphires, and diamonds and doubles as a clock.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 12 June 2024
  • Volute Vénitienne ring in white and yellow gold, diamonds, lapis lazuli, and cultured pearl.
    — Tanya Dukes, ELLE Decor, 10 May 2021

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