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How to use toon in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun

Toon means a cartoon, especially an animated television show. Example: “Did you know Nash had a complete break with reality, that he was loonier than a toon for almost four months?”

Examples of toon by meaning

nounA cartoon, especially an animated television show.

  • Did you know Nash had a complete break with reality, that he was loonier than a toon for almost four months?2005, Sara Bell, The Magic in Your Touch, →ISBN, page 123

nounA player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

  • Proxemics are very important, however, as the positioning of an agent's toon in anon-combat grouping or in the environment can show place within a social group.2010, Ben Kei Daniel, Handbook of Research on Methods and Techniques for Studying Virtual Communities, →ISBN

nounAn animated cartoon character.

  • In 1947 Los Angeles, animated cartoon characters, or "toons", co-exist with humans, often employing their skills to entertain as film stars.2025 June 25, Wikipedia contributors, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, revision 1297297649

nounA southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red...

  • Each plot held 10 cull trees so that 60 Australian toon and 40 tropical ash trees were treated.1973, Gerald A. Walters, Herbert L. Wick, Coppicing to convert cull Australian toon, tropical ash to acceptable trees

nounThe wood of this tree.

  • After 7 years, all paint combinations except the self-primed latex are showing some failure on all species of wood except Australian toon.1972, Roger G. Skolmen, Paintability of four woods in Hawaii, page 1

More sentences with toon

  • Sir, I can assure you that I'm not escaped convict or some looney toon guy.2012, Shane Moore, Stranded, →ISBN, page 23. From the entry looney toon
  • Either I was going crazy or they were all looney toons.2011, Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase, →ISBN. From the entry looney toon
  • If I try to tell people about when I'm from, they'll all think I'm a loony toon.2000, Robert A. Lytle, Three Rivers Crossing, →ISBN, page 73. From the entry loony toon
  • Would someone please describe toon force in excruciating detail.2014 January 6, binary_bit_lord, Reddit, archived from the original on 30 Jan 2014. From the entry toon force
  • I look at him as if he's a loony toon.2012, Kelly Watts, From the Mouth of Charlie Watts, →ISBN, page 32. From the entry loony toon
  • Perhaps, given the current economy, Merrill Lynch should retire its legendary bull and hire that old ’toon favorite, Bullwinkle.1991 January 13, Lisa J[oan] Moore, “Buy, Buy, Baby: The Littlest Consumers”, in This World (San Francisco Chronicle), San Franscisco…. From the entry 'toon
  • The toons, then, become truculent children who eventually return to domesticity with the expectation that in their next incarnation they too will be life givers.2013, Donald Crafton, “Coda: The Shadow of a Mouse’s Tail”, in Shadow of a Mouse: Performance, Belief, and World-Making in Animation…. From the entry animatrix
  • I guess there ain't nothin' on airth he loves better 'n that holler piece o' wood, and the toons that's inside o' it.1901, Henry van Dyke, The Ruling Passion. From the entry airth
  • “Give us a toon on the peeany,” said Mrs M‘Swat after the meal, when the dishes had been cleared away by Lizer and Rose Jane.1901, Miles Franklin, “To Life”, in My Brilliant Career, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, page 238. From the entry pianny
  • Disney Animation takes a page out of Pixar’s well-worn playbook for “Wreck-It Ralph,” a screwball farce with a novel setting and more edge than your average Disney ’toon.2012 November 1, Roger Moore, “‘Ralph’ borrows from Pixar’s best”, in Caliente (Arizona Daily Star), Tucson, Ariz., page 16. From the entry 'toon

Meaning of toon

  1. noun A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
  2. noun A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
  3. noun An animated cartoon character.

Full definition of toon

Questions about toon in a sentence

How do you use toon in a sentence?
Toon is used as a noun. For example: “Did you know Nash had a complete break with reality, that he was loonier than a toon for almost four months?”
What is a short sentence with toon?
“Would someone please describe toon force in excruciating detail.”
What does toon mean?
Toon means a cartoon, especially an animated television show.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: toon (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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