Figurine

//fɪɡ(j)əˈɹin//

"Figurine" in a Sentence (8 examples)

Tom accidentally knocked Mary's favourite figurine off the shelf and broke it.

Dan got a lucky cat figurine from a co-worker for his birthday.

If you go out on a full moon night dressed in an ermine coat while holding a stoat figurine in either hand and say 'I like stoats' 666 times in a row, a portal to the Stoatworld will open, where the demonically beautiful demon stoats live.

This hand painted porcelain squirrel figurine is a family heirloom.

Mr. McVeyn says the place is especially popular with international visitors, many of whom bring or send back a white elephant figurine from their country.

Galvanised by this knowledge, the figurine family take to exercise and healthy eating in the park, forming themselves into the key words "Eat" (better), "Move" (more) and "Live" (longer) of the government's urgings and soon the municipal landscape is filled with other happy, healthier families who, incidentally, look even more delicious en masse.

While figurines were an integral part of Late Neolithic and Early Copper Age life, they disappear from society until the later Nuragic period.[…]The lack of figurines is a conscious choice, as is the decision to produce over 500 bronze figurines (bronzetti) in phases III and IV of the Nuragic period.

For the abbreviation of the name of the pieces, each player is free to use the name which is commonly used in his/her country. Examples: F = fou (French for bishop), L = loper (Dutch for bishop). In printed periodicals, the use of figurines is recommended.

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