Example Sentences

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Figureheads for a Kenny Scharf swing set loomed over the reconstruction space, their elongated noses and alien-like ears setting a mischievous tone.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2023

Other explorations, which sometimes ran for decades, were meticulously catalogued by way of topic: Advertisements, Butterflies, Clouds, Fairies, Figureheads, Food, Insects, History, Planets.

From The Guardian • Jul. 25, 2015

Figureheads have to come down to earth, negotiating not just with those they have stood against but often with those who fought while their leaders were away.

From Time • Nov. 20, 2010

Figureheads for Frankenstein, they need only shriek themselves blue and their will, will be done.

From Nonsenseorship by Putnam, G. G.