How to Use doll in a Sentence

doll

noun
  • My aunt collects porcelain dolls.
  • Here's what to know about the dolls.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
  • These three dolls are not for sale though.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Keep in mind, these dolls aren’t for sale.
    — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 18 Sep. 2025
  • And once a doll, always a doll.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 21 Mar. 2026
  • All dolls will come in a box for display.
    — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
  • But there’s one doll there without a date.
    — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 4 May 2026
  • There is a little girl doll, that's me.
    — Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The doll’s eyes even moved and head spun each time the light turned red.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Post-mask and blowout, my hair was soft and shiny (like doll hair).
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Post-mask and blowout, my hair was soft and shiny (like doll hair).
    — Deanna Pai, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The doll's hair is tied with a matching bow.
    — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Oh, and the talking love doll head is back as well.
    — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Think the Labubu doll craze and the food and drinks chains.
    — ABC News, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Think the Labubu doll craze and the food and drinks chains.
    — Ken Moritsugu, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Their living doll with her blond curls and round blue eyes.
    — Allegra Goodman, Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The doll has a mouth and eyes, / has a tongue, has a hand that writes.
    — Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The doll’s round black eyes were fixed in an intense stare.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The rain still came, but the doll still brought him good fortune.
    — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
  • The dolls are rumored to be cursed to kill men who have wronged them.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Prince's full lips are glazed with gloss and pout like a rogue baby doll.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 15 May 2023
  • The kitchen table was stacked with Labubu dolls.
    — Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Their daughter, Rose, traps them in her dolls.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 1 May 2026
  • But not every doll will sell for top dollar.
    — Heather Bien, Martha Stewart, 23 May 2026
  • Masked backup dancers then join her, while the dolls nod their heads to the beat.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
  • This doll has the potential to do that.
    — Sarah Kurchak, Time, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Sailors in dress whites stood at attention like dolls.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Perched in the rafters of one gallery are two large dolls in the style of these figurines.
    — Sharon Mizota, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Can't just put dolls under the tree anymore.
    — Scott Simon, NPR, 27 Dec. 2025
  • This meant that dolls could be mass-produced to be handled.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026

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