Citations:diamond ring

English citations of diamond ring

Citations for diamond ring as a synonym for engagement ring:

• 1923, Peter Bernard Kyne, Never the Twain Shall Meet, p. 19:

  If it were not a tradition that a woman shall accept from her fiance a diamond ring which the idiot cannot, in all probability, afford to give her — well, women would not accept them.

• 1985, Arthur Colton Park, A History of the Park and Colton Families: Six Generations 1810-1985, p. 29:

  It was at that apartment one evening in May that I gave her the diamond ring that would formalize the engagement which had become inevitable in the minds of all, including us.

• 1987, Nell McCafferty, Goodnight Sisters: Selected Articles of Nell McCafferty, p. 87:

  A diamond ring means marriage and status.

• 2000, Gerard E. Smith, Journey of an Ordinary Man, p. 471:

  “I thought we could get married this summer,” he answered, and with that he took the small box he had been carrying for a week from his jacket pocket. Her smile broadened as he opened the box and gave her the diamond ring.

• 2003, Douglas K. Thompson, A Refuge from the Storm p. 153:

  Valentine's Day was always a special day for us. Ann's was so thrilled when I gave her the diamond ring on that day in 1956. It was a day we had always celebrated as the real start of our life together. We went out to dinner that evening, and set the date for our marriage.

• 2005, R. W. Alexander, The End of Cherry Seeds, p. 131:

  She had a hunch he was going to give her a diamond ring tonight and announce they were engaged.

• 2005, Cyndi Haynes, Dale Edwards, 2,002 Romantic Ideas: Special Moments You Can Share With the One You Love, p. 139:

  If you aren't ready to give her a diamond ring, how about giving a diamond of another style?

• 2006, Nicole Beland, "Babes in Boyland", in Report 2006 a Man's Guide to Women, p. 51:

  I'm not the kind of girl who lives her life waiting for a man to give her a diamond ring.

• 2006, Mary Slonaker, The Vinton House, p. 37:

  “Delvin, a diamond ring means you are engaged to be married. I barely know you.”

• 2007, Ricki Pepin, God's Health Plan - the Audacious Journey to a Better Life, p. 33:

  In 1999, when my daughter became engaged to be married, memories flooded back to me as she excitedly showed us her beautiful, shimmering diamond ring.

• 2007, Cara Colter, Game Plan of the Heart, p. 8:

  Ask one out for a beer and a pizza and before you knew it they were expecting a diamond ring and a wedding date.

• 2008, Dave Parker, Big Is Beautiful, p. 24:

  Don't put out until you are man and wife.
  Shacking up will lead to misery and strife.
  Even if you get that diamond ring,
  If he really loves you he'll control his thing.

• 2008, Sandy Denton, Let's Talk About Pep, p. 88:

  I opened the box and saw this beautiful ring that I thought meant what a diamond ring means—that we were engaged.

• 2009, Bess Vanrenen, Generation What?: Dispatches from the Quarter-Life Crisis, p. 289:

  While I was tapping my foot waiting for a diamond ring, my personality became uglier by the day.

• 2010, Mark Joyner, The Irresistible Offer: How to Sell Your Product or Service in 3 Seconds or Less:

  For example, it may go without saying that most women in America want a diamond ring from the man asking their hand in marriage. Heck, it may have even crossed over into a need at this point, since not having one will require some explaining, but you see what I mean.

• 2010, Juliet Blackwell, If Walls Could Talk: A Haunted Home Renovation Mystery:

  He frowned slightly, whether at the loss of a potential sale or the unnaturalness of a single woman standing beside a handsome man and not lusting after a diamond ring I couldn't be sure.

• 2011, Carol Shields, Larry's Party, p. 131:

  One week later Sally came to class with a diamond ring on her finger. She and a young man called Cubby Ullrich, a student in the Furnace Repair course, were planning on a spring wedding.

• 2012, Catherine Mann, Code of Honor:

  She loved him? She said she did, and he had no reason to doubt her. Be happy, grab the brass ring—or rather a diamond ring. So why was he choking when it came to answering back?

• 2013, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, Heather Wood Rudúlph, Sexy Feminism: A Girl's Guide to Love, Success, and Style, p. xvi:

  I thought that was what you did to get the brass ring — or, more specifically, the diamond ring — of marriage.