diorama

Example Sentences

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A snapshot of fire-ravaged Altadena is laid out before me, hovering like a diorama.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

In a diorama pitting the carnivorous Acrocanthosaurus against the massive plant-eating Astrodon, it is the larger sauropod that triumphs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2025

A diorama of a pride of lions can stand in for a hunt, or for a hierarchy, reinforcing the idea of the lion king.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024

Did you ever have to make a shoe box diorama about your a favorite book?

From New York Times • Apr. 1, 2024

The whole dollhouse was hinged, so you could close it and see it from all four sides, or open it and have access to each of the individual rooms, like a diorama.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth