How to Use cartoon in a Sentence
cartoon
noun- The kids are watching cartoons.
- She enjoys reading the cartoons in the Sunday paper.
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Brows and lips are the focal points of this cartoon-like makeup look.
— Taylor Lane, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2022 -
The cartoon friendliness of this one is hard to beat, and looks especially cute with round, bright ornaments.
— Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024 -
The camera zooms in on de Armas’ cartoon-like wide eyes, expressive to an unsettling point and welling with tears.
— Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 2 Oct. 2022 -
In the 45-second reel, Ms. Kirke slips into a snug shirt featuring a cartoon man hoisting cartoon weights.
— April Daniels Hussar, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024 -
Funny Pages is not a cartoon, but its young hero, Roger, nevertheless comes off like a coyote on the run from the anvils threatening to fall on his head.
— K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2022 -
Chloe Bailey dressed up as Lola from Shark Tale, which elevated the character from cartoon to grown-up.
— Taylor Lane, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2022 -
For example, imagine a circular rubber stamp with various cartoon characters printed on it.
— Kelsey Houston-Edwards, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2022 -
The new popular cartoon franchise movie is slated to debut on Cartoon Network on Oct. 14.
— Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2022 -
In the living room, the sounds of cartoons filled the air.
— Koba Ryckewaert Ilvy Njiokiktjien, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2023 -
In the game, there’s a white line circling the cartoon planet.
— WIRED, 20 Jan. 2023 -
In the ’90s, there was a cartoon drawn by I-don’t-remember-who.
— Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 June 2023 -
He and his cartoon avatar dressed in red long johns and a Napoleon bicorne hat.
— Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023 -
The subset art of the cartoon suffered a rash of losses in 2022.
— William McDonald, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2022 -
Would bright pink lipstick, a cartoon print tie, or a blue steel pout do the trick?
— Sofia Shchukina, NPR, 3 Sep. 2024 -
Solve the puzzle to get your bearings—and to reveal the caption to the cartoon below.
— Patrick Berry, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023 -
She's also set to voice the cartoon version of herself in the series.
— Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023 -
Fraser played a spoof of Tarzan, that was based on a cartoon series.
— Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2023 -
Sarula Bao’s covers, cartoons, and more at the Condé Nast Store.
— Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023 -
Most of the charm is in collecting the cartoon cats and watching them do silly cat stuff.
— Jay Peters, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2023 -
Throw it back with this 1996 Hanukkah special from the beloved Rugrats cartoon.
— Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 29 Nov. 2022 -
The cartoon was a Gary Larson, the one with two dogs in a courtroom full of cats—cat judge, cat lawyers, cat jury.
— T. Coraghessan Boyle, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022 -
Park spent a good deal of time watching the Disney Channel, cartoons, and movies like Mean Girls.
— Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2024 -
My eyes bugged out of my head like a cartoon character.
— R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2024 -
This week the boy sat on his bicycle in the living room, watching cartoons.
— Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 14 July 2023 -
In the cartoon, the Hamas official has a woman and children bound to his body by rope, with a baby tied to his head.
— Alexandra Bruell, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2023 -
On the back of the jacket was black embroidery of the face of SpongeBob, the main character of the Nickelodeon cartoon series.
— Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Mar. 2023 -
Then there was the dilemma of how to break the news to his sixth grade daughter, who was a student in one of Mr. Paty’s classes but did not see the cartoons.
— Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2024 -
Enlarge / Run as fast as those blurry cartoon feet will let you, Mario!
— Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 18 Oct. 2023
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