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

She further alleged the brothers “treat the team as their own plaything to be passed back and forth on a whim.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 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