Explore Touchstone through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like standard or criterion. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Touchstone meaning
- A stone used to verify the quality of gold alloys by rubbing them in order to leave a visible trace.
- A standard of comparison or evaluation.
Using Touchstone
- The main meaning on this page is: A stone used to verify the quality of gold alloys by rubbing them in order to leave a visible trace. | A standard of comparison or evaluation.
- Useful related words include: standard, criterion, measure, reference point.
- In the example corpus, touchstone often appears in combinations such as: touchstone for, cultural touchstone, touchstone of.
Context around Touchstone
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Touchstone
- In this selection, "touchstone" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cultural, brammer, political, pictures, clinic and guiding stand out and add context to how "touchstone" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a cultural touchstone and according and a cultural touchstone that has. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "touchstone" sits close to words such as ache, advani and afi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with touchstone
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Heartbroken parents are Joseph Benjamin and Meagan Brammer Touchstone. (9 words)
Savanna's touchstone was she'd always get through and continue on. (12 words)
After expenses, somewhere around $300 was collected for Touchstone Clinic, Aspen Bold and Alpine Music Camp. (16 words)
His death was reported by Oude Napoli and said “He is a touchstone for many generations,” President Emmanuel Macron told reporters on a visit to Bordeaux on Friday, calling Mr Badinter a “sage” and a “conscience” for France. (38 words)
From innovative teaching methods to fostering a supportive and inclusive learning environment, the theme of “Because kids” serves as a touchstone, guiding decisions and actions with the best interests of the students at heart. (34 words)
When Lawrence Kasdan found himself in a release-date footrace with Touchstone's star-studded Wyatt Earp crowd-pleaser "Tombstone," he hung back and finished his three-hour epic on his own time. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
After expenses, somewhere around $300 was collected for Touchstone Clinic, Aspen Bold and Alpine Music Camp.
From innovative teaching methods to fostering a supportive and inclusive learning environment, the theme of “Because kids” serves as a touchstone, guiding decisions and actions with the best interests of the students at heart.
Heartbroken parents are Joseph Benjamin and Meagan Brammer Touchstone.
In practical and material terms, the American dream has long centered around agricultural land ownership further in our past, and home ownership is the modern-day manifestation of this political touchstone.
Savanna's touchstone was she'd always get through and continue on.
There something campy about the movie, I thought, which spawned an early meme at the same time it was becoming a cultural touchstone and, according to Entertainment Weekly, helped launch hater culture.
The Silence of the Lambs is beloved by audiences and critics alike for its masterful combination of psychological tension and suspense, a cultural touchstone that has birthed its own modern franchise.
When Lawrence Kasdan found himself in a release-date footrace with Touchstone's star-studded Wyatt Earp crowd-pleaser "Tombstone," he hung back and finished his three-hour epic on his own time.
A huge touchstone of Dexter’s story was always his first kill, but you already did it in the original series.
And with more than 23 million copies sold to date, the album remains a millennial touchstone for its tuneful expressions of anger and alienation.
A notable piece of trivia about "Down and Out in Beverly Hills": it was the first R-rated film ever distributed by a Disney company — in this case, Touchstone Pictures.
But it was her second novel, “Black Girl in Paris” (2000), that became a touchstone for many.
Despite leading the show for a half a century, Lorne Michaels doesn't appear to be planning to settle down and still believes in as a touchstone in the cultural zeitgeist.
His death was reported by Oude Napoli and said “He is a touchstone for many generations,” President Emmanuel Macron told reporters on a visit to Bordeaux on Friday, calling Mr Badinter a “sage” and a “conscience” for France.
In the years since, the band have become a touchstone of popular culture – popping up in often bizarre ways.
It was produced for $75 million and hauled in $180 million at the worldwide box office, making it a profitable hit for Touchstone Pictures.
Member-owners, employees, and citizens who live or work within the service territory of the region’s Touchstone Energy Cooperatives were eligible to be nominated for the Who Powers You contest.
Soma Gold's El Bagre, Touchstone's Rio Pescado, and Aris Mining's Soto Norte are also in close proximity to the Tahami Project.
The pipeline had been championed by ex-president Donald Trump and became a touchstone culture war issue.
There is a real charm and likability to him which seems to echo Ian McKellen’s Gandalf (if that is him) as a touchstone which I like.
Common combinations with touchstone
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- touchstone for 15×
- cultural touchstone 9×
- touchstone of 9×
- the touchstone 7×
- as touchstone 6×
- touchstone and 5×
- became touchstone 4×
- touchstone the 4×
- for touchstone 3×
- touchstone in 3×