FIGURINE in a Sentence

Learn FIGURINE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for FIGURINE, such as:

1. In The Maltese Falcon, Sam Spade was hired to trace the missing figurine of a black bird.
2. She had all the delicate grace of that Tanagra figurine that you have in your studio, Basil.

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 Meanings and Examples of FIGURINE
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figurine
 n.  small ornamental statuette; small molded or sculptured figure
Classic Sentence:
1  Smiling as changelessly as an ivory figurine she sat quiescent, avoiding thought, glancing about the living-room and hall, noting their betrayal of unimaginative commercial prosperity.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
2  She had all the delicate grace of that Tanagra figurine that you have in your studio, Basil.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 6
Example Sentence:
1  In The Maltese Falcon, Sam Spade was hired to trace the missing figurine of a black bird.