plaything
Example Sentences
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Autos were no longer a “devilish plaything of the gilded class,” Mr. Moskowitz tells us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
"Both the Royal Family and the governments of England and Wales have other things to think about, which are rather more pressing and important than a child's plaything," said Dr Jones.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025
Famously, he set a Barbie doll on fire to protest Greta Gerwig’s movie portraying the doll as a woman with agency, rather than a passive plaything.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2025
And you feel like you’re just a plaything for life.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2025
So Aphrodite went to Cupid and told him she would give him a lovely plaything, a ball of shining gold and deep blue enamel, if he would do what she wanted.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
