ground-effect machine
Examples of gem in a Sentence
Noun
The house is a gem of colonial architecture.
He pitched a gem of a game.
Her most recent novel is a real gem.
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Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
After the jewels were taken, it was discovered that though alarms had functioned properly and staff had followed protocol, a security camera had been facing away from the gems.
—News Desk, Artforum, 27 Oct. 2025
Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2025
Consider this Tata Harper gem the fountain of youth in oil form.
—Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 29 Nov. 2022
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Noun
Catch a show at the Tabor Opera House, a Victorian-era gem built in 1879.
—Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2025
After the jewels were taken, it was discovered that though alarms had functioned properly and staff had followed protocol, a security camera had been facing away from the gems.
—News Desk, Artforum, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
Twists and turns happen from there, and the soundtrack is laced with Tropicália gems from the 1970s.
—Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2025
Consider this Tata Harper gem the fountain of youth in oil form.
—Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 29 Nov. 2022
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“Gem.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gem. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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