Rubies is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Rubies meaning
plural of ruby
Using Rubies
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of ruby
- In the example corpus, rubies often appears in combinations such as: rubies and, and rubies, rubies sapphires.
Context around Rubies
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rubies
- In this selection, "rubies" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, diamonds, larger, finest, sapphires, ever and playing stand out and add context to how "rubies" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a sand rubies song and april 2009 rubies were discovered. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rubies" sits close to words such as abington, abled and adorno, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rubies
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The victorious Falcons team, left, with their Inverness Rubies. (9 words)
Jade pendant set with rubies and emeralds in gold, circa 1610–20. (12 words)
Made in the shape of a horseshoe, it boasts three rubies and four sapphires. (14 words)
Most of the vast wealth that traveled on the open seas was transported in sturdy iron chests and inside those containers were: gold and silver coins, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, pearls, diamonds, ivory as well as religious and historic artifacts. (39 words)
A hardness of 7 indicates that rose quartz is capable of scratching glass and softer minerals, but it can still be scratched by harder materials like corundum (which includes sapphires and rubies) and diamond. (34 words)
He uses strands of Kevlar, carpet fibres, pieces of ceramics, crushed micro pigments, precious metals like gold and platinum as well as gemstones, diamonds, emeralds and rubies to create his miniature artworks. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
In the past, before the arrival of modern science, spinels and rubies were equally known as rubies.
Rubies over 10 carats (2 g) with large fractures were filled with lead glass, thus dramatically improving the appearance (of larger rubies in particular).
That region has produced some of the finest rubies ever mined, but in recent years very few good rubies have been found there.
A hardness of 7 indicates that rose quartz is capable of scratching glass and softer minerals, but it can still be scratched by harder materials like corundum (which includes sapphires and rubies) and diamond.
Catch The Rubies playing around northern Utah or while they're out on tour—you won't regret it.
Curse of the Blood Rubies, Yamcha has a gorgeous introduction where he jumps forward with the moon behind him.
He uses strands of Kevlar, carpet fibres, pieces of ceramics, crushed micro pigments, precious metals like gold and platinum as well as gemstones, diamonds, emeralds and rubies to create his miniature artworks.
Known locally as the Land of Gems, the area comprises Mogok, Moemeik, Twin Nge, and Thabeikkyin where mines produce rubies, sapphires, peridot and other precious stones.
Penny was praised for how she handled the huge sword - the Jewelled Sword of Offering - which had a hilt encrusted with diamonds, rubies and emeralds.
Slay with a chunky statement necklace crafted from Diamond-rubies embedded on a Yellow gold chain that screams class.
Jade pendant set with rubies and emeralds in gold, circa 1610–20.
Made in the shape of a horseshoe, it boasts three rubies and four sapphires.
So the vaults were overflowing with diamonds, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, pearls, platinum, gold and silver by the time Wallis Simpson came along.
THE Yoruba set a huge store by character, which they insist is more precious than rubies and gold.
I'm certainly not an expert, but I've got a few dozen carats of uncut rubies and emeralds sitting in a jar here.
In April 2009 rubies were discovered near the city of Montepuez in Cabo Delgado.
Most of the vast wealth that traveled on the open seas was transported in sturdy iron chests and inside those containers were: gold and silver coins, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, pearls, diamonds, ivory as well as religious and historic artifacts.
Proverbs 31 speaks of the virtuous woman as rare and more valuable than rubies.
She toured with Howe for nearly a decade; somewhere in there, she sang on a Sand Rubies song.
The victorious Falcons team, left, with their Inverness Rubies.
Common combinations with rubies
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- rubies and 11×
- and rubies 5×
- rubies sapphires 4×
- with rubies 4×
- rubies have 3×
- rubies can 3×
- natural rubies 3×
- rubies were 2×
- rubies in 2×
- rubies to 2×