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

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

"Wombats are not a photo prop or plaything," said Suzanne Milthorpe, Head of Campaigns at World Animal Protection Australia, in a statement online.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2025

And you feel like you’re just a plaything for life.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2025

But the child’s favorite plaything was the basement.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende