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How to use figurine in a sentence

18 example sentences · noun

Figurine means a small carved or molded figure; a statuette. Example: “He has an eye for fine porcelain dishes and figurines.”

Examples of figurine by meaning

nounA small carved or molded figure; a statuette.

  • In printed periodicals, the use of figurines is recommended.2022, “2023 Laws of Chess”, in FIDE, page 21

More sentences with figurine

  • He has an eye for fine porcelain dishes and figurines.From the entry have an eye for
  • Bro, that figurine costs, like, a morbillion quid off Amazon.From the entry morbillion
  • One Ringer travels all over and takes pictures of her "Lord of the Rings" figurines.2005 January 27, Jody Genessy, “Slamdance gets infusion of 'Lord of Rings' mania”, in Deseret News. From the entry ringer
  • He sets the figurine down, clasps his hand to his breast and smiles satisfactually.1952 December, Alice Whitson Norton, “Christmas Eve In A Toy Shop”, in American Childhood, volume 38, number 4, Springfield, M.A.: Milton…. From the entry satisfactually
  • Raj, you will be painting sideburns and a Van Dyke on a six-inch figurine of Legolas the elf.2009 May 11, Eric Kaplan, Richard Rosenstock, “The Monopolar Expedition”, in The Big Bang Theory, season 2, episode 23, spoken by Sheldon…. From the entry vandyke
  • It should be mentioned that "checkwork" is also employed to decorate the heads of several figurines from Western Europe (Brassempouy, Menton).1988, Anthropology & Archeology of Eurasia - Volumes 27-28, page 24. From the entry checkwork
  • A fangtastic figurine, cast in the likeness of Bela Lugosi.1974 October, Vampirella, number 37, page 79. From the entry fangtastic
  • Characters from comics and “anime” (animated cartoons and movies) joined the bandwagon as figurines shops and maid cafes were opened one after the other.2008: 語研, 英語で秋葉原を紹介する本, page 18 (語研). From the entry moé
  • Some of the female figurines depicted women with uplifted arms while others portrayed pregnant females with uplifted arms in the process of giving birth.2005, Karen Tate, Sacred Places of Goddess: 108 Destinations, page 34. From the entry uplifted
  • Rather similar simple forms can be found over the whole area, and there are also specific inter-regional types, such as the widely distributed rod-headed figurines.1996, A. W. R. Whittle, Europe in the Neolithic: The Creation of New Worlds, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, page 64. From the entry inter-regional
  • Pottery figurines of pigs and pig bones have been excavated at sites at P'ei-li-kang in Hsincheng county, Honan Province and at Ho-mu-tu, Yüyao county, Chekiang.1984, Chin-hsiung Hsü, Alfred H.C. Ward, “The Domestication of Animals”, in Ancient Chinese Society: An Epigraphic and Archaeological…. From the entry Hsincheng
  • Among these figurines is one, such as this rare example, which portrays multifaces carved on a short column and is known as Sakimatwematwe.1980, Joan G. Caldwell, Betty N. McDermott, Handbook of the Collection: New Orleans Museum of Art, page 169. From the entry multiface
  • However, a cardiophylax appears on a fourth-century figurine recovered from southern Gaul at Nimes (Gard), raising the possibility that some Gallic warriors wore these forms of armour.2025 June 27, Alastair R. Lumsden, Elite Masculinity and Warfare in Cisalpine Gaul, C. 400-50 BCE: What it Means to be a Man, Taylor &…. From the entry cardiophylax
  • Oh, I went to town in the last lockdown, spent a lot of money on the paints, the brushes, the figurines for a game called Hero Quest.2022 May 29, Tom Lamont, quoting Jim Howick, “‘We were always trying to push boundaries’: Jim Howick on breaking taboos, coping with life…. From the entry go to town
  • Many oxhide ingots, often inscribed with double axe and other Aegean scripts, have been found on the island, and smelting sites, together with many warrior figurines.1980, J. E. Dayton, “Geology, Archaeology and Trade”, in Jan G. P. Best, Nanny M. W. de Vries, editors, Interaction and Acculturation in…. From the entry oxhide ingot
  • A broad scatter of kurgan graves in the steppes contained imported Tripolye C2 pots (among other imported pot types) and a few, like Serezlievka, also contained Tripolye-like schematic rod-headed figurines.2007, David W. Anthony, The Horse, the Wheel, and Language, Princeton: Princeton University Press, page 498. From the entry scatter
  • On the other hand, in the same crannog, a hammerstone broken in two was found, each half in a different place, as were two parts of a figurine at Dumbuck.1905, Andrew Lang, The Clyde Mystery. From the entry hammerstone

Meaning of figurine

  1. noun A small carved or molded figure; a statuette.

Full definition of figurine

Questions about figurine in a sentence

How do you use figurine in a sentence?
Figurine is used as a noun. For example: “He has an eye for fine porcelain dishes and figurines.”
What is a short sentence with figurine?
“In printed periodicals, the use of figurines is recommended.”
What does figurine mean?
Figurine means a small carved or molded figure; a statuette.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: figurine (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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