How to Use stick figure in a Sentence

stick figure

noun
  • 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
  • These stick figures remind me of fishermen in an old Japanese woodblock print, their histories and identities dissolved by the low light and the immensity of their stage.
    Chandrahas Choudhury, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Mar. 2024

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