How to Use barbie in a Sentence

barbie

noun

• In the corner, a kangaroo and her joey are busy grilling on the barbie.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2018
• There have been cartwheels and stomp troupes and rollerblading barbie dolls.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2019
• One of my sons spent all spring in the pool playing Barbies with our 70-year-old neighbor.
  — Peter Haldeman, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2017
• Terrance Ferguson, 6-7 wing, Australia OK, don’t start with the shrimp on the barbie jokes.
  — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, 17 May 2017
• The Clarendon eatery, which served as a backdrop for some of the show’s drama, will serve its last shrimp on the barbie on Sunday, according to the Darbys.
  — Washington Post, 26 June 2019
• The snack shack had some funky-looking meat pies on the barbie and the crowd sang the Australian national anthem before its U.S. counterpart.
  — Al Saracevic, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Jan. 2018
• At least enough to get that number closer to two Kens for every seven Barbies.
  — Caity Weaver, GQ, 21 June 2017
• Put an extra shrimp on the barbie this summer for your furry dog companion.
  — Jennifer Nelson, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2021
• Here, a few fashionable ensembles to borrow from the new Ken dolls, with a few Barbies thrown in for good measure.
  — Brooke Bobb, Vogue, 23 June 2017
• Cobine says copper is especially abundant in shellfish, stuff like lobster, crab, even shrimp on the barbie.
  — Joe Songer, AL.com, 7 Apr. 2018
• This week, Mattel launched a diversified line of Ken dolls to complement the various Barbies the brand released last year.
  — Christine Flammia, Esquire, 20 June 2017
• The resulting product contains seaweed, plant protein and natural flavors, and can be cooked just like real shrimp (on the barbie, of course, or deep fried in a po-boy, or boiled and dipped in cocktail sauce as an appetizer before your fake steak).
  — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 11 Sep. 2019
• In the documentary, critically acclaimed author Roxane Gay, whose work strives to normalize all body types, holds a curvy barbie, her body measurements translating into a U.S. size six.
  — Kate Branch, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2018

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