How do you use the word "amber" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "amber" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "amber": Transcending time, the insects of ages gone past dance livelily in amber. She had a deep gaze and beautiful amber brown colored eyes.

Amber Meaning

/ˈæm.bəː/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAmbergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.

nounAmbergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale., Formerly thought to be the product of a plant.

Sentence Examples

Transcending time, the insects of ages gone past dance livelily in amber.

She had a deep gaze and beautiful amber brown colored eyes.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

gold chromatic

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The traffic light turned ____, warning drivers to slow down.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The ancient insect was preserved perfectly inside a piece of golden ____.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English ambre, aumbre, from Old French aumbre, ambre, from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”), from Middle Persian 𐭠𐭭𐭡𐭫 (ʾnbl /⁠ambar⁠/, “ambergris”). Compare English lamber, ambergris. Displaced Middle English smulting (from Old English smelting (“amber”)), Old English eolhsand (“amber”), Old English glær (“amber”), and Old English sāp (“amber, resin, pomade”). * The nucleotide sequence "UAG" is named "amber" for the first person to isolate the amber mutation, California Institute of Technology graduate student Harris Bernstein, whose last name ("Bernstein") is the German word for the resin "amber".

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Ambre is hote and drye […] Some say that it is the sparme of a whale." — 1526, The Grete Herball:

"The leaves of the foreſt were loaded with manna, pure amber dropped from every bough, honey diſtilled from the rifted rock, and the humming bee, drunk with joy, ſtrayed from flower to flower, forgetful of his burſting cells." — 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv:

"With scarfs and fans and double change of bravery, With amber bracelets, beads, and all this knavery." — c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

"Slanders, sir: for the satirical rogue says here that old men have grey beards, that their faces are wrinkled, their eyes purging thick amber and plum-tree gum and that they have a plentiful lack of wit." — c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:

"Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […]. (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)" — 2012 March 26, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2012, page 128:

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