How to Use jewel box in a Sentence

jewel box

noun
  • The songs deserve to be let out of their jewel box to breathe out in the world on their own.
    Dan Deluca, https://www.inquirer.com, 6 June 2019
  • And then the house that Philip Johnson designed is like a jewel box.
    Darryn King, Forbes, 17 Apr. 2022
  • The Gantt center is a like a jewel box, but the jewels are inside.
    Virginia Brown, Charlotte Observer, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Quite a lot, as a jewel box of a show at the Museum of Modern Art proves.
    Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 9 May 2022
  • Even a teensy, tiny laundry room can feel like a jewel box with the right paint.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 22 June 2022
  • The small square screening room, on the same floor as her gym, was like a Tiffany & Co. jewel box, but navy rather than robin-egg blue.
    Vanessa Grigoriadis, New York Times, 5 June 2019
  • This work of art framed the room and made a tiny, nondescript space into a jewel box!
    Elizabeth Pash, House Beautiful, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Like a floating jewel box in the sky, this latest listing is sure to wow all your guests—and you.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The result is a jewel box of a room that stands on its own in the historic 19th-century home.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Of course, this jewel box of a place is just getting back on its feet after some three years of locked doors.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2022
  • This new sweet spot that looks like a little jewel box on Camden Road has been all the rage in the summer heat.
    Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Known as a jewel box in the sky, Nuebeluz is the brainchild of restauranteur and chef José Andrés.
    Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Both of those rooms just sparkle like cozy little jewel boxes.
    David A. Keeps, House Beautiful, 11 Apr. 2012
  • The tiny birdhouse that produces wren chicks each year is my precious jewel box.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2021
  • The Mid-City bistro Zasu is as elegant as a jewel box, and not much bigger than one.
    Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 18 Aug. 2020
  • To create the feeling of being inside of a jewel box, Bikoff knew that the gold-leaf wallpaper was a must.
    Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 17 Dec. 2020
  • The front hood area, which Curic calls a jewel box, is translucent and creates a feeling of transparency and light.
    Laura Burstein, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The 2,804 seats are arrayed on five levels — a deep jewel box upholstered in deep red.
    Christopher Reynolds, latimes.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • The Timken Museum — the jewel box of Balboa Park — is freshly polished both inside and out and ready to open.
    David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2022
  • Upstairs is an ivory jewel box for a nice meal or tea, and downstairs is more casual, like a ski chalet.
    Shivani Vora, ELLE Decor, 6 Apr. 2020
  • First Lady Michelle Obama received a two-inch brooch with gold leaves and coral flowers in a red leather jewel box.
    Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2022
  • And the next is a jewel box platter of sliced tuna sashimi dressed in a pineapple and tomato quick salsa.
    Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Now painted a deep teal, the room is a moody jewel box where the family’s two children, now 11 and 13, like to hang out and host sleepovers, said Mrs. Bahat.
    Laurie Junker, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2022
  • This month, the same team has come together again to open Sahbi Sahbi, a jewel box of a restaurant in the neighborhood of Gueliz.
    Sara Tardiff Gisela Williams Alice Newell-Hanson Becky Malinsky Gisela Williams Kelly Boutsalis, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The final touch to creating a jewel box was a mosaic floor.
    Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 16 Dec. 2020
  • This jewel box of a house on the Atlantic coast has four bedrooms, three baths, is built to withstand hurricanes and can operate off the grid.
    Michael Kolomatsky, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Since Ting’s first opened in 1956, Tam Ting has spent her life lovingly curating the selection of goods at this jewel box of a shop.
    Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 5 May 2021
  • There’s even a jewel box of a room dedicated to the one-of-a-kind fairy-tale ensembles worn by celebrities such as Florence Welch.
    Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Like an empty canvas, this home awaits our designer’s touch to create a jewel box on the water.
    Sunset Staff, Sunset Magazine, 28 Sep. 2020
  • Like many of the Chanel boutiques around the world, the jewel box-sized salon at the department store was designed by the architect Peter Marino.
    Emily Selter, Town & Country, 22 Apr. 2016

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