How to Use mannequin in a Sentence

mannequin

noun
  • In the video, the same type of cobra was thrown on a bed with a mannequin at night.
    Rhea Mogul and Esha Mitra, CNN, 20 Nov. 2021
  • At the back was a life-sized Soapy Smith mannequin that could nod and wave.
    David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 29 May 2023
  • The mannequin’s wrist seemed to be sliding away from its arm at the joint.
    Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Even the mannequins look like they are formed from bubbles.
    Amy Verner, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The mannequins in the old department store stand naked.
    Matt Pearce, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • The mannequin was wearing a robe and a hat, raising a beer and a smoking cigar.
    Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Hudson says as her mother places the mannequin next to her on a couch.
    Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 30 June 2022
  • The mannequin appeared to look like a black man hanging from a noose.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 4 June 2019
  • Arbiter tweeted, along with a snap of the Meghan Markle mannequin.
    Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 10 Mar. 2019
  • The mannequin and mirror give it a swanky dressing room vibe.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 18 May 2023
  • Down the line, a hot pink mannequin in glittery roller skates twirled around in a sequined clamshell.
    New York Times, 25 Nov. 2021
  • Oldham walked the dads through the steps of each style while demonstrating them on a mannequin head.
    Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The vest is displayed on a mannequin that is designed to be close to Kelly's size.
    Maryalice Parks, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2022
  • The Morari patch looked like a tan Band-Aid, stuck on a genderless mannequin.
    Lauren Goode, Wired, 8 Jan. 2020
  • In 1959, Barbie seemed to serve more like a mannequin, not a mirror.
    Brennan Kilbane, Allure, 2 May 2019
  • That’s why the garments are shown in a myriad ways: On a scroll, as a poster, on a mannequin.
    Steff Yotka, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Rodríguez scooped up the mannequin's hair into an elastic band and smoothed the bumps with a brush.
    Christina Noriega, NPR, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The mannequin appears bound in a fishing net and obscured.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2022
  • Roth had chopped the head off a mannequin on set and filled it with spaghetti — gluten free, for Greenblatt.
    EW.com, 24 July 2024
  • The mannequin stayed in a seat, facing forward, during the tests.
    Hugo Martin, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Plan out and display outfits with a mannequin or use it as a makeshift coat rack.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 18 May 2023
  • Rodríguez scooped up the mannequin's hair into an elastic band and smoothed the bumps with a brush.
    Ben De La Cruz, NPR, 16 June 2024
  • Just like in earlier videos, the Tesla creamed the child mannequin.
    Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The whole thing is carefully placed on a mannequin as the straps of the gown are sewn finished and more pearls are added to the matching gloves.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 June 2022
  • Mannequin to space:NASA is sending a mannequin to space.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 22 June 2021
  • The artist also included photos of Fox with a wig cap on and some shots of the wig on a mannequin.
    Catherine Santino, Peoplemag, 18 July 2024
  • Carey starts to sparkle and so do the holiday mannequins, which slowly come to life.
    Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 20 Dec. 2019
  • Using a mannequin and walkie-talkies, Billy is coaxed into the sauna and trapped.
    Kathryn Lindsay, refinery29.com, 5 July 2019
  • Each participant appears as a generic mannequin, with simple font floating at eye level to share the names only of those in your group.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Standing in the corner was a mannequin of Koz in full costume, and surprisingly realistic.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2024

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