How to Use animatronic in a Sentence

animatronic

adjective
  • And don’t miss the animatronic band box perched just above the door.
    — Mrussell, oregonlive, 31 July 2023
  • Before, when an animatronic arm moved too fast, the whole body would shake.
    — Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Some are animatronic, some have sound effects, many just sit there.
    — James Patrick, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Then, like clockwork, the birds opened their animatronic beaks and spoke.
    — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Between rounds, have a chat with the animatronic parrot perched in its bird cage.
    — Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 24 July 2024
  • The source of the sounds turned out to be a large display of animatronic characters.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Theme parks, of course, are front of mind, every ride and animatronic creation shut down and silenced.
    — Bill Carter, CNN, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Then of course there was the animatronic face and two people controlling it.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
  • One day one of the animatronic dolls combusted, and the head started smoking and caught on fire.
    — Kaitlin Reilly, refinery29.com, 24 June 2019
  • This imparts the animatronic bust with what appears to be a strange sense of empathy.
    — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 16 Apr. 2021
  • In the final portrait, Elvis looks like an animatronic robot about to short out in the rain.
    — Will Heinrich, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Next year, officials hope to up the ante even more by placing animatronic greater sage-grouse replicas on the field.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
  • The ride would feature animatronic children from all over the globe singing a pan-cultural theme.
    — Celeste Sloman, National Geographic, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Some of the animatronic figures stand over 28 feet tall and 60 feet long.
    — John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 2 June 2022
  • What’s the newest animatronic in the park?
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Instead, the animatronic baby gorilla was designed to be able to move and close its eyes, as well as beat its chest.
    — Fox News, 3 May 2020
  • Just in time for Easter weekend, here come a bunch of killer animatronic creatures.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Just in time for Easter weekend, here come a bunch of killer animatronic creatures.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The company began to cut back on its animatronic bands and characters a few years ago.
    — Jenna Thompson april 16, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
  • This animatronic Jack figure—which is 6 feet tall, by the way—has a moving mouth, arm, and hands, and can talk.
    — Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful, 2 Oct. 2018
  • Even seeing the animatronic puppets waiting to strike in the shadows was scary.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The movie looks cheap, with a startlingly bad green-screen ski sequence and a couple of animatronic critters that will fool no one.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Nov. 2022
  • From sassy talking ghouls to larger-than-life animatronic skeletons, these over-the-top looks bring delight to those who love all things creepy.
    — Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Onscreen, Buzz Lightyear and his animatronic cat, Sox, sat down on the bed.
    — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022
  • The ride concludes with an animatronic Olaf bidding farewell to the riders.
    — Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 5 June 2024
  • Theme park aficionados will be keen to know that this is the first attraction in the park to feature an animatronic figure.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Others camped outside stores, trying to nab an animatronic or two before they were scuttled.
    — Katherine Laidlaw, HubSpot, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The animatronic horror with a slight bend towards kids arrives in the long shadow cast by the first film's gangbusters debut.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Nov. 2025
  • The monkey got spooked from an animatronic decoration and sought refuge in the ceiling.
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Oct. 2025
  • And Haitian Rara-style music will be heavy on bamboo horns played by, in this case, animatronic bobcats and bears.
    — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 6 May 2024

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