How to Use prosthetics in a Sentence

prosthetics

noun
  • Pants legs are widened, to make room for braces and prosthetics.
    Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Starting with a blank face and then building it from there with the prosthetics, the scars, the contacts, and the hair.
    Essence, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The prosthetics used to transform Sheen in Hoover look like they were done by a five-year-old.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 12 Feb. 2021
  • This premiere episode had some heavy make-up and prosthetics for a few of you.
    Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 May 2022
  • The team worked with prosthetics, though not on the three main actresses.
    Rachel Burchfield, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Because none of the prosthetics could be reused, a brand-new one was used for each look every day.
    Marie Lodi, Allure, 26 May 2022
  • To see us all in our old age prosthetics and wigs and everything.
    Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Garrone mailed Coulier a piece of oak, which the prosthetics team then copied.
    Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Lee’s nipple rings were a no-go, however; the ones on Stan’s chest in the show are prosthetics.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Hanks donned a fatsuit and prosthetics to play the Dutch businessman in the film.
    Emily Burack, Town & Country, 24 June 2022
  • She’s known to spend hours in the makeup chair, piling on the prosthetics to look nothing like herself.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2020
  • Molds of sculptures to run foam latex prosthetics out of.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2022
  • When full prosthetics were used on James, the transformation could take up to four hours each day.
    Rachel Burchfield, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Buried in a makeup mountain and two key prosthetics, James nails the icon's persona of bemused what-me-naked?
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2022
  • To save time and grab valuable sleep, Baker decided to forgo taking the prosthetics off at the end of the day.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2020
  • Sydney also snapped some pics in the baby bump (which was all prosthetics, BTW).
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Well, a bunch of actors dressed up in furry costumes and prosthetics.
    Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2022
  • The prosthetics are the exact same makeup artist, Tony Gardner….
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 13 Sep. 2022
  • As for Roxy, the other dog with new prosthetics, arthritis in her spine and old age have made her recovery take longer.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2021
  • For the horse’s birth, the horse was taught how to lay down and be comfortable while the actors rolled it over, and the scene was constructed with both shots of the real horse and some prosthetics.
    Wilson Chapman, Variety, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The makeup part of the process is dependent on Coulier’s prosthetics.
    Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Her waist was corseted, and her nose affixed with prosthetics.
    Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, 28 Sep. 2021
  • For scenes as the the older Luis Miguel, Boneta used prosthetics to match the facial structure of the maturing performer.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2021
  • Olga is in all these prosthetics and her makeup is f— melting off.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2021
  • Aside from prosthetics, Herbert got to indulge in her love for ’70s makeup.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 June 2022
  • To be a black character onstage was to be performed by a white actor in racial prosthetics.
    Ayanna Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Still, Hemsworth says with a laugh, his daughter took some time to get used to all of Bale's prosthetics and elaborate villain makeup.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 8 July 2022
  • The evolution of Landis’ prosthetics is where Cochran’s time spent with the family pays off.
    Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2022
  • The drama, adapted from Samuel D. Hunter’s play of the same name, features Fraser under up to 300 pounds of prosthetics in order to play a man struggling with severe obesity.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Gone are the luscious locks the eccentric actor is known for, with Leto having a receding hairline, some age makeup, and what seems to be a generous amount of prosthetics.
    Marcus Jones, EW.com, 29 July 2021

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