How to Use body double in a Sentence

body double

noun
  • That the princess in the paparazzi shot is not a body double?
    — Meghan O'Gieblyn, WIRED, 29 Apr. 2024
  • Was that a body double or was that entirely you in the scene?
    — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2023
  • The photos in the post are not proof he was replaced by a body double.
    — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Perhaps she’d been killed and would be replaced by a body double.
    — Constance Grady, Vox, 6 June 2024
  • Even his body double was big, but like Shaq still was bigger than him.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 30 June 2018
  • Swayze refused to use a body double during the scene when the pair dance on a log over a ravine.
    — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE.com, 21 Aug. 2020
  • One video shared this week suggested that Biden was in fact a body double.
    — WIRED, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The body double creates light social pressure to achieve a goal.
    — Nick Keppler, Men's Health, 22 Dec. 2022
  • For more, including how to find the right body double for you, check out the link in today's show notes.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Uday Hussein as well as his body double, Latif Yahia.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Then a very decent Jackman body double walks by in the background.
    — Vulture, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Then, a very decent Jackman body double walks by in the background.
    — Vulture, 10 July 2023
  • Having a body double also meant the prep time was doubled to create the hair and make-up for both men.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Instead of lifeless white body doubles, the brand will now show new, diverse mannequins on their sales floors.
    — Shannon Barbour, Cosmopolitan, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Robles, a producer on the film, is also Jerome’s body double for its wrestling scenes.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024
  • From her time as an Olympian to her body double gigs, here's everything to know about Livingston.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Obama and Joe Biden might have staged the killing of Osama bin Laden with a body double.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Some footage was shot with a body double for Foxx, though little of it ended up in the film after a rewrite of the scene.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
  • This body double is played by Golden Globe winner Glenn Close.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Yes, that was Jim Carrey and not a clone, body double or impersonator.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Did Dylan steal Keith Richards’s body double to be his guitarist?
    — Brady Gerber, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
  • In order to film the scenes where the twins appear at the same time, there was a body double, Susan Henning.
    — Tolly Wright, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2021
  • At least, that’s the rationale online sleuths and jokesters are using to argue that the first lady is using a body double.
    — Heather Schwedel, Slate Magazine, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Ritter shot his side of the scenes with a body double, while Nélisse was kept away from even listening to what was happening on set.
    — Rachel Syme, The New Republic, 31 May 2018
  • This wasn’t the first time a character had been through this process which combines CGI and a younger body double.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Mulligan insisted on doing it herself, without the use of a body double.
    — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The trailer reveals how the film pulls off the trick, with Kennedy Irwin serving as a body double for the actor.
    — Wilson Chapman, Variety, 13 July 2022
  • The scene had to be carefully framed after the team built a mirror image of the bathroom with a body double for Redmayne.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2025
  • But within minutes there was talk of a swap, a body double, a plan hatched to get Epstein to Guantanamo Bay.
    — Glamour, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Like how a body double represents the actor’s body in the audience’s mind, the same is true for prosthetics, and so they must be treated with care.
    — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2026

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