How to Use stick figure in a Sentence
stick figure
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Then, a source video is found and a stick figure made of their movements.
— James Vincent, The Verge, 26 Aug. 2018 -
Cook said the drawing was of a stick figure hanging from a rope with the face colored in.
— NBC News, 21 Jan. 2020 -
My belt is leather, thick, and has stick figure fish skeletons across it in white.
— Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 4 Mar. 2018 -
Tyler Joe The book’s cover is simple: a stick figure of a girl with a star over her head.
— Kaitlin Menza, Marie Claire, 13 Mar. 2020 -
Across the flank of the hill runs an enormous white, abstract stick figure horse cut from the chalk itself.
— Emily Cleaver, Smithsonian, 6 July 2017 -
There’s a chair at the lower left that only a stick figure could fit into.
— Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021 -
And since the stage has no big video screens, Malone remained a glowing stick figure in the distance for most of his fans.
— Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 30 Oct. 2017 -
For the child with a sense of humor, gear up for plenty of laughs with this clever 3D spin on a classic stick figure drawing.
— Amy Mitchell, Country Living, 30 Aug. 2022 -
The student, Jace Colucci, said a stick figure with a noose was drawn with his name and an arrow written next to it.
— Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2020 -
Her run through the town of Franklinton in May resembled a stick figure waving.
— Ricki Harris, Wired, 21 Aug. 2020 -
That's why my characters are more or less stick figures.
— Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 13 Mar. 2018 -
First, a video of the target is recorded, and a sub-program turns their movements into a stick figure.
— James Vincent, The Verge, 26 Aug. 2018 -
In one, five stick figures appear to be sleeping on the floor, their feet and arms sticking out from (Mylar?) sheets that are too short.
— Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 10 July 2019 -
The cover of the Bad Days journal features a male stick figure being showered with rain from a dark cloud over his head.
— Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Feb. 2018 -
The yellow bikes are from Ofo, so named because the letters look like a stick figure riding a cycle.
— The Economist, 16 Dec. 2017 -
In another, five stick figures stand inside a cage, while guards watch from the other side.
— Jasmine Aguilera, Time, 5 July 2019 -
The test was straightforward: draw a stick figure family of three.
— Harper's Magazine, 28 Sep. 2021 -
One drawing depicts five stick figures behind bars watched by two guards in dark hats.
— Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 5 July 2019 -
The campaign account then tweeted a picture of a stick figure being hanged with a link to a blog post about her comments.
— Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2019 -
Being able to express and reclaim the Barbie into not just a stick figure, but something that comes in all sizes and all shapes.
— Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2023 -
Then will the stick figure rise from the page, with scent and sweat, glaring, cackling, and cussing, looking out his or her window toward his or her world.
— Richard Brady, National Review, 31 Aug. 2019 -
Jurors viewed the note, which included a drawing of a person hanging by a noose, with a gun pointed at the stick figure.
— NBC News, 2 Dec. 2021 -
The movie turns the poet—a wild fantasist and a beguiler—into a stick figure of goodness.
— Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2022 -
The humpbacked stick figure known as Kokopelli toots his flute all over the American Southwest.
— Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 9 Oct. 2020 -
The researchers then turn this into a stick figure that shows a person moving behind a wall in great detail.
— Matt Simon, WIRED, 12 June 2018 -
Another video shows a stick figure that also resembles the younger Crimo lying face down in a pool of blood.
— Ray Sanchez, CNN, 12 July 2022 -
Lago di Como is famous among Italians for its shape: like a stick figure of a man with two legs striding out.
— Rick Steves, chicagotribune.com, 21 Oct. 2021 -
The Good Days journal features a stick figure with an exclamation point over his head.
— Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Feb. 2018 -
Include little stick figures or icons to represent your favorite stops.
— Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 -
What about those hanging stick figures, reminiscent of Season 1?
— Michael Schneider, Variety, 22 Jan. 2024
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