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 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
  • 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
  • Plan out and display outfits with a mannequin or use it as a makeshift coat rack.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 18 May 2023
  • 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
  • Its mannequins are dressed head to toe in its trademark denim.
    Jordyn Holman, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The test where applicants had to drag a 150-pound mannequin through sand was changed to a hard surface instead of sand.
    David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2021
  • Bonnie and Clyde mannequins posed in trendy New York shop windows, guns drawn.
    Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2024
  • In the free one-day workshops, men practice how to change diapers and how to style hair on dolls and mannequins.
    Christina Noriega, NPR, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Will Forte dazzles as Phil who, thinking he’s alone, flirts with a mannequin.
    BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2021
  • The mannequin was held together with safety pins and duct tape.
    Matt McFarland, CNN, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Others basked in the light of that summer day in 2019, resting on faceless mannequin heads.
    Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Even the faceless mannequins seemed to be having fun in Apfel’s creations; there was so much humor in her point of view.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The event also showcased the creators’ looks on headless mannequins of all body types.
    Anne D'innocenzio, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2023
  • That the substance was applied to the inside means that, as the mounts age, arsenic is exposed around the seams, where the skin separates from the mannequin.
    Katrina Miller, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2023
  • The idea that models weren’t mannequins or vessels for designers began back in the 1990s.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Tesla sent O’Dowd a cease-and-desist letter in response to his child mannequin test.
    Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2022
  • How should one interpret the tuxedo-ed mannequin forms draped, or rather clung to, the models walking the runway?
    Kevin Leblanc, ELLE, 6 July 2023
  • You could be forgiven for thinking the sixth mannequin in the room also wears McCardell.
    Laura Jacobs, WSJ, 15 May 2022

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