as in doll
a small figure often of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
my kid sister was always playing with her dollies
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Recent Examples of dolly
The most audacious element was a free-hanging cable dolly system that carried a camera operator nearly the full height of Taipei 101.
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Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Feb. 2026
The Goguette cabinet is a more permanent piece of home appliancery that took two of us and a dolly just to move it across the dining room.
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Noah Kaufman,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Feb. 2026
Each band’s gear had been set up on dollies and risers, secured under forty-foot-long tents.
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Alex Abramovich,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
Attach four caster wheels to the base of an old cabinet door to form a dolly.
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Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Dec. 2025
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Patrick Brzeski,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Feb. 2026
The Goguette cabinet is a more permanent piece of home appliancery that took two of us and a dolly just to move it across the dining room.
—
Noah Kaufman,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Feb. 2026
Each band’s gear had been set up on dollies and risers, secured under forty-foot-long tents.
—
Alex Abramovich,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
Attach four caster wheels to the base of an old cabinet door to form a dolly.
—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dolly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dolly
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As for beauty, Madonna wore her golden doll-like curls down with a middle part and hair clips.
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Mattel Creations On Wednesday, eight months after the licensing agreement with Netflix was struck, Mattel announced the pending releases of the first dolls in the toymaker’s KPop Demon Hunters line.
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Beyond the music, there are festive parades, workshops for making puppets or gardening, a 5K run, yoga, silent discos and much more.
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Seeing his grandson suffer, Geppetto (Richard Brake) gifts him a new companion, the titular puppet.
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“Dolly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dolly. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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