How to Use cartoon in a Sentence

cartoon

noun

• The kids are watching cartoons.
• She enjoys reading the cartoons in the Sunday paper.
• In the living room, the sounds of cartoons filled the air.
  — Koba Ryckewaert Ilvy Njiokiktjien, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2023
• In the best cartoons, the words and the drawings are conjoined.
  — Roz Chast, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
• The pair first appeared in 1949 as a part of the Fast and Furry-ous cartoon short.
  — Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 15 Jan. 2025
• Which is to say, that game — and others like it — was a cartoon.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Mar. 2022
• In the game, there’s a white line circling the cartoon planet.
  — WIRED, 20 Jan. 2023
• In the ’90s, there was a cartoon drawn by I-don’t-remember-who.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 June 2023
• He and his cartoon avatar dressed in red long johns and a Napoleon bicorne hat.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
• The subset art of the cartoon suffered a rash of losses in 2022.
  — William McDonald, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2022
• Would bright pink lipstick, a cartoon print tie, or a blue steel pout do the trick?
  — Sofia Shchukina, NPR, 3 Sep. 2024
• This may be a cartoon, but Gunn gives the series’ events a weight that’s earned on its own terms.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
• Bill Gates doesn't believe the hype about cartoon apes.
  — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 15 June 2022
• Brows and lips are the focal points of this cartoon-like makeup look.
  — Taylor Lane, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2022
• Solve the puzzle to get your bearings—and to reveal the caption to the cartoon below.
  — Patrick Berry, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
• In 2010, a new cartoon premiered with these bold lines.
  — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2022
• She's also set to voice the cartoon version of herself in the series.
  — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023
• Fraser played a spoof of Tarzan, that was based on a cartoon series.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2023
• Sarula Bao’s covers, cartoons, and more at the Condé Nast Store.
  — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
• My grandfather used to record Canal+ and its cartoons and films on VHS.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
• Most of the charm is in collecting the cartoon cats and watching them do silly cat stuff.
  — Jay Peters, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2023
• Maybe instead of rats the cartoon should show sitting ducks.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2025
• Throw it back with this 1996 Hanukkah special from the beloved Rugrats cartoon.
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 29 Nov. 2022
• The cartoon was a Gary Larson, the one with two dogs in a courtroom full of cats—cat judge, cat lawyers, cat jury.
  — T. Coraghessan Boyle, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
• Park spent a good deal of time watching the Disney Channel, cartoons, and movies like Mean Girls.
  — Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2024
• My eyes bugged out of my head like a cartoon character.
  — R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 22 Oct. 2024
• He was first published around the age of 12, a cartoon for The Open Road for Boys, a magazine about outdoor life.
  — Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2022
• This dismemberment is a shock to those used to the more cartoon-like violence of the games.
  — Todd Martensgame Critic, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2022
• State of play: The 14-acre theme park features rides, play areas and live shows that showcase the British cartoon and its main characters.
  — Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025
• While, in real time, Mummy Pig might now be considered a little old to be pregnant again, like all popular cartoon characters, she is frozen in time.
  — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025