How to Use droid in a Sentence

droid

noun
  • The droid sold out at $49.99 a pop, and a movement was born.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Even the only good droid in the whole franchise, the sassy K-2SO, died!
    Matt Miller, Esquire, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Like the rest of us, Herzog does have a soft spot for adorable roly-poly droid BB-8.
    Emma Stefansky, HWD, 10 Sep. 2017
  • The droid was the most expensive item sold at the auction.
    Jessica Suerth and Keith Allen, CNN, 29 June 2017
  • The droid can carry up to 40 pounds of food in its cargo bin.
    Janet Moore, Star Tribune, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Who knew decades later that the droids and the mouse would reside in the same castle?
    Los Angeles Times Staff, latimes.com, 26 May 2017
  • The droids, which stand 3.5-feet tall, are mirror images of the ones in the iconic films.
    Megan Marples, CNN, 18 June 2019
  • His student, Rey, squares off against the same type of droid in The Rise of Skywalker.
    Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 4 May 2023
  • Think of her as the Empire's own Jason Bourne, but with backup and a droid.
    Joshua Rivera, GQ, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Watch the droids walk around Disneyland's Galaxy's Edge in the videos above.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The cargo bays are lined with dormant droids that could wake up at any minute.
    Adi Robertson, The Verge, 11 Aug. 2019
  • The most painful loss is IG-11, the droid who was originally programmed to kill the Child.
    Kelsea Stahler, refinery29.com, 29 Oct. 2020
  • To build a droid at the Droid Depot, for example, will cost you $99.99.
    Shay Spence, PEOPLE.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • In the Star Wars universe, droids are part of everyday life.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 Dec. 2019
  • Hotels in the Yotel and Aloft chains in the U.S. use 3-feet high droids that deliver mail, toiletries and drinks to rooms.
    Takashi Mochizuki, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2019
  • And the diminutive droid is a feat of engineering, even in toy form.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 26 Sep. 2019
  • First, a live-action version of Chopper, the beloved droid from Star Wars Rebels, rolled on stage.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 31 May 2022
  • Visitors can build their own droids or lightsabers in a pair of hard-to-find workshops.
    Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 30 May 2019
  • But in the Star Wars universe itself, droids are far from central.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 May 2018
  • With the tiny droid emitting a bright light, a swarm of umbramoths descended upon the Sith and swept him up to the sky.
    Keisha Hatchett, TVLine, 25 June 2024
  • The dome in the droid dates to the original 1977 film when it was used by actor Kenny Baker.
    Jessica Suerth and Keith Allen, CNN, 29 June 2017
  • Alan Tudyk has also been confirmed as reprising his role as the droid K-2SO.
    James Hibberd, EW.com, 10 Dec. 2020
  • The droid gamely schleps Gillespie’s Whole Foods hauls and serves as a wine caddy for art walks with her friends.
    Kyle Stock, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Phoebe Waller-Bridge brings some salty line readings to her performance as the droid du jour.
    Justin Chang, latimes.com, 16 May 2018
  • This build of the lovable droid R2-D2 is an intricate one that’s classy enough to display in any home.
    Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 21 Dec. 2022
  • But then Tala makes some stuff go boom and fire erupts all over the ground and the loader droid shows up and drags Obi-Wan to safety.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 4 June 2022
  • Yes, the bar really has one, and if a customer is dressed like a droid, a bartender will yell at them.
    Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2017
  • Like the Batch, they’ve been hired to find and deliver the tactical droid’s mind to someone else.
    Alex Kane, USA TODAY, 4 June 2021
  • Wish kids and their siblings also built their own droids, and every member of the family was given a cloak.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
  • The droids, made by Agility Robotics, are about the size of a person and can walk around the warehouse floor as well as squeeze into tight spaces thanks to their backward knees.
    Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024

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