How to Use ebony in a Sentence

ebony

noun

• The wood floors were treated with an ebony stain and then cerused.
  — Monique Valeris, ELLE Decor, 6 May 2022
• The palette is a mixture of dark gray and ebony with warm wood and white walls.
  — Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor, 1 June 2022
• Cicerone presented me to the ebony Prince, a man of 250 lbs.
  — Connor Sheets, AL.com, 18 Feb. 2018
• The team even found fragments of ebony and pottery that would have come from the southern Red Sea, 1,000 miles away.
  — Andrew Curry, Discover Magazine, 5 Sep. 2011
• Wek, with her velvety ebony skin and mere whisper of an Afro, was posed in front of a stark, white screen.
  — National Geographic, 7 Jan. 2020
• Nubia was known for its gold, ivory, ebony and incense.
  — Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 14 Jan. 2021
• Available in five shades: ebony, taupe, dark brown, medium brown, and soft brown.
  — Kristin Granero, SELF, 15 July 2022
• Ebony cut off one of his graying curls and sealed it in a plastic baggie.
  — Alden Woods, azcentral, 2 July 2017
• Elegant and expensive, crafted of oak, ebony, and brass, the clock shows the date as well as the time.
  — Linda Colley, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
• Play some tunes: Dials controlled the volume and tuning, with a nice ebony plate adding a touch of class to the truck world.
  — Scott Sturgis, Philly.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• These full-size, ebony-and-rosewood chopsticks collapse to the size of your palm, perfect for a small pouch.
  — Esquire, 8 Oct. 2007
• Some will see the Ramblers' ebony and ivory lineup and note that more white players are often on the floor when the game is on the line than black.
  — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• Steel or acrylic resin, redwood or ebony, matte or shiny.
  — Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023
• Not to mention that the ebony tone of the watches (like the Baguettes Vertes version at left) suits her penchant for all-black dressing.
  — Veronique Hyland, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Apr. 2011
• The world's highest cold desert, it's filled with diamond-white sands and ebony mountains.
  — CNN, 21 Dec. 2022
• The ebony fingerboard has more brightness and snap than the rosewood used on most Fender electrics.
  — Henry Robertson, Popular Mechanics, 22 Jan. 2019
• An ebony-skinned girl from Detroit and a flame-haired British folkie come together in the New York music scene of the early 1970s.
  — David Canfield, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2021
• Two round medallions that stud this one-of-a-kind Makassar ebony pendant are sculptured from gold.
  — Nancy Hass, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2016
• The curved lacquered white fixtures contrast against the ebony walls like a 1950s abstract painting.
  — New York Times, 1 Oct. 2021
• Around the base, Caruncho has planted a mix of Macassar ebony and osmanthus.
  — New York Times, 24 Sep. 2021
• One of my greatest souvenirs, a painting of a young boy with ebony skin and piercing eyes, is from his home studio.
  — Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2021
• Choose from three handle sizes and rich colors including ebony, red, lilac, and even pink.
  — Popular Science, 16 Mar. 2020
• The ebony wall panels and floating Plexiglas shelves are original to the home.
  — House Beautiful, 15 Oct. 2020
• The team chose an expensive Macassar ebony, from Indonesia, for the ceiling of the lobby.
  — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2017
• In each of the two furthest corners of the room is an ebony stand in the shape of a column and bearing a candelabra of very odd design and a pink wax candle.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2019
• Blocks of ebony, oak, boxwood, and walnut sit on shelves, waiting to become handles.
  — National Geographic, 24 July 2019
• Pieces were initially crafted in ebony and ivory or stone, but these days, the king and his court can be fashioned out of marble, wood, acrylic, and even porcelain.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 12 Nov. 2020
• Even stranger, this sliver of ebony—no longer than a little finger—came from distant India 4,000 years ago.
  — Mahan Kalpa, National Geographic, 11 Mar. 2016
• What was your mindset going into ebony? ebony is a love story gone wrong based around a very specific time of my life.
  — Mark Elibert, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2023
• The kitchen, butler’s pantry, and laundry room all feature a glossy mix of ebony and fire engine red cabinetry and stainless-steel countertops.
  — Mark David, Robb Report, 23 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Jul 2024