dolly

Example Sentences

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It’s telling that while Mr. Deakins takes pains to praise his longtime gaffer, key grip, dolly grip, best boy and more, he never bothers to define those roles for the lay reader.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Brook can be excused for his flying drop of Jamal at gully, but Shoaib Bashir’s miss of the same man at long leg was a dolly.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024

But, Eisenberg said, the scenes where they could ditch the dolly and just follow Culkin “sparkled.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2024

“I think there’s a publicist at Paramount I need to have lunch with soon, and there’s a dolly grip at Fox,” he quipped.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2023

Arthur is still sitting at the radio listening to Amos ’n’ Andy, not even paying attention to Sonny and Henry, who are tearing apart Jimmie’s dolly.

From "Betty Before X" by Ilyasah Shabazz and Renée Watson