Definition: 1. A hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material. 2. A small ball of glass that is used in various games. 3. A sculpture carved from marble. 4. Paint or stain like marble.
Use 'marble' in a sentence:
1. This building will use marble for decoration.
2. He fell to the ground and, covering the cold marble with kisses, burst into bitter tears.
3. Do they have marble tables and chairs?
4. The floor was marble tile, and the columns alabaster.
5. But suddenly, it came to me ： marbles!
6. Ted was chiselling some marble.
7. He's losing his marbles.
8. This statue is carved out of marble.
9. Three boys were playing marbles.
10. The sculptor chiselled the lump of marble into a fine statue.
11. Wood worked for 3 years on the design to remove the granite walls and replace them with marble.
12. The marble entrance hall, piled dizzily with bonbons and cakes, was as crowded and bustling as a railway station.
13. The dome was supported by white marble columns.
14. The figures were sculpted from single blocks of marble.
15. A marble entrance hall leads to a sitting room.
16. The white marble statue of a woman is estimated to be 2,000 years old.
17. The best of them were built during the Stalinist era and feature chandeliers, marble moldings and elaborate murals.
18. The entrance-hall was paved with black and white marble tiles.
19. They are like human beings with marble poured over them, smooth, white, monumental.
20. This is marble.
21. These steps are made of marble.
22. It feels like it is made of marble.
23. The floor is of marble.
24. It looked like fine marble.
25. Ash covered the marble diamond-patterned floor and floated in large pools of greywater from the fire hoses.
26. There is a soft sofa and a marble table.
27. On the far side of the street, two boys were playing marbles.
28. Skillfully placed lights throw the marble figures into clear relief.
29. I'll tell it to you, although you'll probably think I've lost my marbles.
30. It is difficult to engrave in marble.
31. So, there's no marble here.
32. It's made of white marble.
33. Her heels clacked on the marble floor.
34. Seven massive columns rise up from a marble floor.
35. Taj Mahal is built entirely of white marble.
36. This statue was carved out of marble.
37. People often don't appreciate that marble is a natural stone.
38. If the meat is marbled with fat it should be tender.
39. The clock stands on an oval marble base, enclosed by a glass dome.
40. The house has a superb staircase made from oak and marble.
41. The object of great interest at the Temple was a large marble tower built in memory of Buddha.
42. The temple had a marble floor.
43. The temple is supported by marble columns.
44. The object of great interest at the temple was a large marble tower built in memory of Buddha.
45. The white marble floors were inlaid in a radial pattern of brass.
46. Marble is a precious stone.
47. She was chiselling some marble.
48. The floor was tiled in squares of grey and white marble.
49. They had to cross the large marble-floored hall.
50. The marble floor was beginning to chill me.
51. Traders in Marble Arch are facing huge rent increases.
