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

Formally, a diorama is a single scene in a narrative or story, like one still frame in a movie or one panel in a graphic novel.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024

Around the trailer is a mini-wonderland of whimsical moss-covered surfaces, Sasquatch crossing signs and even the occasional gnome diorama.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2024

My little not-sister shoves a shoebox diorama across the table at me.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson