Do not keep the alabaster boxes of your love and tenderness sealed up until your friends are dead. From LearnThat.org. [Henry Ward Beecher]
alabaster statue. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Or rather, what we call alabaster now is not what was called alabaster in ancient times. From Wordnik.com. [The Ongoing Adventures of ASBO Jesus] Reference
Milton has the word alabaster three times, twice incorrectly spelled. From Wordnik.com. [Milton's Comus] Reference
A certain amount of alabaster is used to line the interior, but it is not carved or decorated in any way. From Wordnik.com. [Three Months in the Soudan] Reference
Granular or massive specimens are called alabaster, while all those which are well crystallized are called selenite. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
The alabaster is a species of marble, distinguished for being light, and of a beautiful white colour, almost transparent. From Wordnik.com. [Barnes New Testament Notes] Reference
If student are excited about Twilight, they'll probably be more inclined to remember what the word "alabaster" means. From Wordnik.com. [Kids Reading, revisited] Reference
Certain softer rocks such as alabaster (massive gypsum) and soapstone (massive talc) can also be considered dimension stone. From Wordnik.com. [Dimension stone] Reference
Swarovski crystals in the amazing 'alabaster' shade, which hint at mint and baby blue, depending on the angle and lighting. From Wordnik.com. [About.com Shoes] Reference
They were discovered sealed in an alabaster reliquary. From Wordnik.com. [Bulgaria Puts Faith in St. John's Relics] Reference
And breaking the alabaster box, she poured it out upon his head. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 48: Mark The Challoner Revision] Reference
The arcades of the cloister are of alabaster, and were constructed in 1452. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Some like to lap the pool upside down, their alabaster bellies turned skyward. From Wordnik.com. [‘What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love and Marriage’] Reference
An angel in her white dress and long veil, the pearls around her alabaster neck. From Wordnik.com. [The Virgin Bride, 1959] Reference
We covered Kevin's crotch with a washcloth and gently sponged his alabaster skin. From Wordnik.com. [Wrapping Kevin] Reference
In the grand alabaster archway, a one-armed man banged on an immense brass gong. From Wordnik.com. [Hat Shop Girls] Reference
To companion Maurice Tempelsman, she left "" my Greek alabaster head of a woman. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Jackie O's Other Legacy] Reference
From his alabaster skin to his black eyes, he was every bit “God's most beautiful.”. From Wordnik.com. [Cock Sculpting] Reference
I imagine a lady in gold sheets, pulling me up an alabaster staircase and your father is there. From Wordnik.com. [Mother's Angels] Reference
I found out afterward that the ornaments were three beautiful alabaster groups of classic figures. From Wordnik.com. [A Portrait of Old George Town] Reference
Her skin was smooth and her face was fresh and beautiful, like that of an angel of pure alabaster. From Wordnik.com. [The Kiss] Reference
The alabaster used for the incrustation of the masonry consists partly of blocks and partly of slabs. From Wordnik.com. [Shepp's Photographs of the World] Reference
I could only get a glimpse Of some beautiful black braided hair and a forehead that resembled alabaster. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847] Reference
The alabaster reredos of the altar in the chapel to the right of the high altar is by the sculptor Veyrier. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Her body was afterwards put into the elaborately-carved alabaster sarcophagus on the left side of the altar. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
This was not a cold alabaster temple but a country rich with earthworms and moist air, lush inedible berries. From Wordnik.com. [Persephone] Reference
He wore a charcoal suit, a Sistine Chapel of a suit, a fabric plucked from wisps of opal and gilt and alabaster. From Wordnik.com. [Seasonal Discord] Reference
She had a stiff arrogant appearance, with the whitest skin I've ever seen — alabaster would be a better term. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Dreams of Reality, 8] Reference
The robes it wore seemed made of dew-covered spider silk and did little to conceal its alabaster breast and thighs. From Wordnik.com. [The Cobbler and the King] Reference
Walking down those alabaster valleys was a more awesome experience than any galactic vista I have ever encountered. From Wordnik.com. [Man Made] Reference
There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of precious ointment and poured it on his head as he was at table. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 47: Matthew The Challoner Revision] Reference
He looked up and smiled, a bright alabaster expression of happiness made for television commercials and breaking hearts. From Wordnik.com. [Starfight (working title)] Reference
The woman had lifted her skirt, exposing the alabaster of short, sturdy legs; her dark patch of seagrass. From Wordnik.com. [Garden] Reference
In the old days, it snowed too -- for the powder fell in alabaster dust and foamy clouds, and crammed the air with fragrance. From Wordnik.com. [The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764] Reference
After acquiring great skill and reputation as a modeller in alabaster, he went in 1797 to Paris, where he studied painting under. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
The superb cast includes Klaus Kinski as the exhausted but ravenous vampire and Isabelle Adjani as his alabaster-skinned victim. From Wordnik.com. [A Bite in the Darkness] Reference
They consist chiefly of varieties of marble and alabaster, agates of different shades, chalcedony, jasper, lapis lazuli, and red porphyry. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
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