How to Use cornerstone in a Sentence

cornerstone

noun

• Trust is the cornerstone of their relationship.
• Officials held a ceremony to lay the cornerstone for a new library.
• And Sam, for so many years, was the sort of cornerstone of that.
  — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 Mar. 2024
• The raid seemed to be a bad omen for a cornerstone of the rap world: the mixtape.
  — Sheldon Pearc, The New Yorker, 30 June 2021
• The 911 is the cornerstone of the Porsche brand, however.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2021
• The Lodge members have asked to keep the cornerstone of the older building, and the city has agreed.
  — Laurinda Joenks, Arkansas Online, 25 Jan. 2023
• When healthy, the fifth-year player is the cornerstone on the right side of the offensive line.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Apr. 2022
• The long run is the cornerstone of a half-marathon training program.
  — Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 14 Mar. 2022
• The Dodgers need a steady cornerstone, and Miller is the only Dodgers starter who carries that weight.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2023
• Testing, and doing it right, can be the cornerstone of a safe Olympics.
  — Jeremy Samuel Faust and Michael J. Mina, CNN, 15 June 2021
• Water is the cornerstone of the health and well-being of every household in the state.
  — Bill Ritter Jr., The Denver Post, 3 Nov. 2024
• And that is the cornerstone of our decision on Ukraine.
  — Lauren Markham, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
• Green, of course, should be the team’s cornerstone of the future, but will take some time to develop.
  — Rahat Huq, Chron, 4 Aug. 2021
• Ruggs was supposed to be a cornerstone for the Raiders.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2021
• That’s the magic formula of the himbo, and the cornerstone of The Lost City’s easy humor.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2022
• This process heals your soul and is the cornerstone for your recovery.
  — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
• Tax avoidance has, of course, been cornerstone of Trump-era GOP.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 10 June 2021
• The cornerstone of the program was imposing tolls on truckers to pass through the state in order to fund the project.
  — Karen Travers, ABC News, 22 July 2021
• And this time, a coach who isn’t looking at UCF as a stepping stone but as a cornerstone.
  — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 May 2025
• Google’s search engine, of course, is the cornerstone of its empire.
  — Richard Nieva, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2023
• Workers also dug a large 5-foot-deep hole near the cornerstone of the pedestal in hopes of finding the time capsule.
  — David Williams, CNN, 22 Dec. 2021
• Their images were synonymous with big cats — the white tigers that were the cornerstone of their act.
  — Christina Catherine Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2022
• That squabbling is in the past and Biden can say a cornerstone of his agenda will become law.
  — Laura Davison, Fortune, 8 Aug. 2022
• That’s a cornerstone of skateboarding culture that even the Olympics won’t be able to change.
  — Michelle Bruton, Forbes, 22 June 2021
• And that, to me, is the cornerstone of writing good dialogue.
  — Sridhar Pappu, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2022
• The offer included two first-round picks and more, and the Panthers passed on the swap with the idea that Burns was a cornerstone player.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2024
• Now, films are the cornerstones of my relations with my two sons.
  — Tim Gray, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
• But the cornerstone of the team was future Wings coach Vickie Johnson.
  — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 17 Aug. 2022
• History has always been a cornerstone of the House of Krigler.
  — Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
• Shelia Burrell says there are two cornerstones behind her 16 years as San Diego State’s women’s track and field head coach.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2025