How to Use origami in a Sentence

origami

noun
  • My sight is so bad now that origami is out of the question.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 15 Nov. 2025
  • Get an origami book and fun paper.
    — Parents, 11 June 2026
  • These clever kayaks fold up like origami, packing down to the size of a small suitcase.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
  • These clever kayaks fold up like origami, packing down to the size of a small suitcase.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The team used a Miura-ori origami fold that occurs in leaves.
    — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The way my lungs felt like they were being folded into origami.
    — Marisa McMillan, Outside, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Use our template as the base of your card, then attach an origami bunny.
    — Good Housekeeping Editors, Good Housekeeping, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Moft has a variety of deals on its origami-style cases and stands.
    — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 24 June 2026
  • One of the coolest was a compressible tube whose structure is based on origami folds.
    — Liz Kruesi, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2016
  • Some were crafted from paper, origami-style.
    — Ashley Ogawa Clarke, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Our team’s idea was inspired by origami, the art of paper folding.
    — Hanqing Jiang, The Conversation, 18 Nov. 2020
  • Some sari folds need to be held with stitches or pins, others are more free form, like fabric origami for the body.
    — Charu Suri, National Geographic, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Kids will create origami figures, write wishes on them and hang them on bamboo.
    — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 30 June 2026
  • And it’s now known that origami can be used to perform all sorts of computations.
    — Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
  • So where do Oru’s origami ‘yaks have a leg up on inflatable options?
    — Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2023
  • Inspired by origami, each design takes on its specific shape through folds that are stitched in place.
    — Carolyn Jung, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Kids can also learn how to use chopsticks, create origami, color, and more.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2023
  • The result is a collection of bags that are durable yet lightweight, with crisp lines and origami-like folds.
    — Linda Immediato, Los Angeles Magazine, 27 Sep. 2017
  • In the origami method, the kayak is usually made from a single piece of thick plastic that folds out to form the boat.
    — Chantae Reden, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2022
  • Perhaps using origami could help.
    — Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
  • And why are people actually buying a truck that looks like an origami project gone too far?
    — Longreads, 20 Dec. 2024
  • My co-workers know me as the news associate that can fold a serious origami crane.
    — Cj Haddad, CNBC, 29 May 2026
  • His teacher gave him an origami book to keep him occupied and Lang started to fold.
    — Wired, 20 Nov. 2019
  • One project was a human-size gerbil feeder and another a life-size origami horse.
    — Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 3 May 2026
  • There were four flat sheets in a bedding origami that had nothing to do with comfort, just picture taking.
    — Christopher Elliott, The Seattle Times, 30 July 2018
  • It’s very cleverly done and some of it has the complexity of origami.
    — David Phelan, Forbes, 18 May 2021
  • This is great for students, teachers, and beginners who are just learning how to do origami.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 12 May 2021
  • Full of creativity, Carson likes to learn origami and make all kinds of cool and fun things.
    — The Star, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2024
  • Try leaving an origami creation on your child's chair or a wildflower on their pillow.
    — Gail Cornwall, Parents, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The new, more adept origami design could be like a blueprint for future tiny robots, Zhao says.
    — Fionna M. D. Samuels, Scientific American, 14 June 2022

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