How to Use dollhouse in a Sentence

dollhouse

noun
  • The fort area in the back of the store holds the play kitchen, a train table, an easel and a dollhouse, among other toys.
    Emily Bamforth, cleveland.com, 23 Oct. 2017
  • In 1934, Ann Calkins received a dollhouse as a present.
    Alyssa Alfano, cleveland.com, 5 Mar. 2018
  • No one knows how the dollhouse got there, and SF Gate looked into the mystery.
    Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2022
  • He’s made a dollhouse full of Españolans for him and Whitney to play with.
    Anna Tingley, Variety, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Then the Joker starts breaking through the dollhouse walls.
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Her love of sacs with dollhouse proportions is one for the ages.
    Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 21 July 2021
  • Jacques rolled these up, as if packing the rugs in a dollhouse, and wound them into coils.
    Tejal Rao, New York Times, 22 June 2017
  • All smiles because Alex Drake is locked away in that creepy dollhouse in France.
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 28 Mar. 2018
  • To the left is a dollhouse-size model of a church lined in Ghanian Kente cloth.
    Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 24 May 2018
  • Too early to say, but Flora’s dollhouse is a replica of the manor.
    Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 13 Oct. 2020
  • The cabinet keeps Don's toys tidy behind closed doors, and the dollhouse was a lucky thrift store find.
    Sarah Wolf Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Where they're placed in the dollhouse always relates to everybody in the manor.
    Laura Studarus, Marie Claire, 12 Oct. 2020
  • In 1934, Ann Calkins' father built her a special present -- a dollhouse.
    Alyssa Alfano, cleveland.com, 4 June 2017
  • Inside the store, the complete dollhouse set spans the length of a set of escalators.
    Kathryn Hardison, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2022
  • This 5-star toy comes with a van that turns into a dollhouse, plus two adorable cat figures.
    Kate Tully Ellsworth, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2020
  • All over Long Beach, walls fell away and left the buildings as open and exposed as dollhouses.
    Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Mikayla Watkins, 7, looked at her dollhouse and Pets Alive toy puppy with a big grin on her face.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2021
  • So the girls finally escaped the dollhouse with the help of Alison and their BFs.
    Ariel Nagi, Seventeen, 3 June 2015
  • Fathers were even known to build doll-sized coffins for their daughters, the way a dad might build a dollhouse for a kid today.
    Maria Teresa Hart, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The dollhouse was in a place of honor on a dark-wooden dining room table.
    Jenice Armstrong, Philly.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Museum in a dollhouse Beyond that, the mansion looks the part.
    Steven Litt, cleveland.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • What role did Flora's dolls and dollhouse play in the storytelling?
    Laura Studarus, Marie Claire, 12 Oct. 2020
  • The Instagram post is a quick snippet of a longer video, and the holiday dollhouse?
    Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful, 24 Dec. 2018
  • Could a minuscule king and his babies come live in a dollhouse?
    Sarah Schutte, National Review, 26 Sep. 2021
  • On many a street corner, often under a shade tree, stood what looked like a dollhouse on stilts.
    New York Times, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Part of it is the dollhouse quality to owning a business.
    Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 8 July 2024
  • Think about using your old toys, like a pickup truck, a wooden boat or even a small, open-to-one-side dollhouse.
    Clare Miers, star-telegram, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Pink frocks, skirts and fringe came out of the dollhouse and onto the runway, adorned with delicate feathers and sparkles as well.
    Naledi Ushe, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2022
  • Customers are often dollhouse hobbyists, though—like the products in the store—there is a range.
    Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 30 July 2024
  • Based on the famous Mattel dollhouse design, the listing offered two one-night stays for up to two guests along the Malibu coastline.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2024

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