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
  • My belt is leather, thick, and has stick figure fish skeletons across it in white.
    — Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 4 Mar. 2018
  • There is a bed with a stick figure, and a larger stick figure.
    — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • But there’s a reason this 7-foot-4 stick figure is one of a kind.
    — Fred Katz, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • In the mural, stick figures formed a circle.
    — Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2026
  • There’s a chair at the lower left that only a stick figure could fit into.
    — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021
  • Cook said the drawing was of a stick figure hanging from a rope with the face colored in.
    — NBC News, 21 Jan. 2020
  • The other boy drew a long shape with a small stick figure and a larger stick figure.
    — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • One drawing depicts five stick figures behind bars watched by two guards in dark hats.
    — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 5 July 2019
  • These are not stick figures in my head, these are real people, my friends’ children.
    — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • The author had drawn a tiny house near the base of the tornado and a stick figure running away.
    — Kate Carpenter / Made By History, TIME, 19 July 2024
  • In another, five stick figures stand inside a cage, while guards watch from the other side.
    — Jasmine Aguilera, Time, 5 July 2019
  • But no—these tights were apparently made for a cartoon stick figure with lines instead of limbs.
    — Chloe Metzger, Marie Claire, 1 May 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
  • The drawings looked like stick figures, and each molecule had its own nickname and headgear.
    — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 13 June 2024
  • The grainy stick figures appeared tiny against the immensity of wetlands and sky.
    — Jeff Vandermeer, WIRED, 22 Oct. 2024
  • For its final shot, an overhead view reveals the show’s infamous stick figure.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 5 May 2023
  • And the Aztecs, with a dull product, don’t draw stick figures to Snapdragon.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Cooper holds up a drawing and points to a stick figure carrying something under its right arm.
    — Greg Bishop, SI.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • At the end, the couple turns the canvas around to reveal two stick figures holding hands with a smaller stick figure.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Outside the box are several other stick figures.
    — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The yellow bikes are from Ofo, so named because the letters look like a stick figure riding a cycle.
    — The Economist, 16 Dec. 2017
  • Her Face’s painful inability to engage with stick figure boys.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Her run through the town of Franklinton in May resembled a stick figure waving.
    — Ricki Harris, Wired, 21 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • 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

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