Touchstone used in a sentence

Touchstone in a sentence as a noun

Stalin's Russia is no longer the touchstone it once was, in other words.

When I first got an HP Touchpad, the touchstone stand, and the keyboard I understood what the "post-PC" era really was.

The touchstone for standing is showing that you have actually been harmed by someone's action.

Right around that same time, Obama claimed that transparency would be the touchstone of his presidency.

The phrase "insanely great" has been knocking about in my brain as a kind of touchstone for that attitude since I first heard it used of the Mac in 84.

Strangely, they find themselves bewildered as their families and the mantras of what they've been reciting all their lives all have touted as the "touchstone" of their journey.

Weev strikes me as an excellent touchstone for your own personal ethics, how much can you despise what a person does or stands for and still demand that we treat him with respect?

[1] Incidentally, as the opinion notes, the touchstone of the 4th amendment is "reasonableness.

If taxes weren't a hassle, their movements would lose an important emotional touchstone that fuels many people's aggravation against the government.

Waco and Ruby Ridge were also "active demonstration[s] of our government's willingness to lie to and abuse us, a touchstone for all who are seeking a reason not to cooperate.

A nice letter but this:"Our touchstone will be readers, understanding what they care about government, local leaders, restaurant openings, scout troops, businesses, charities, governors, sports and working backwards from there.