1
: a small-scale figure of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
2
Examples of doll in a Sentence
My aunt collects porcelain dolls.
there was a row of dolls along the shelf in the bedroom
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 18 Oct. 2025
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Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 18 Oct. 2025
Not a full-size kitchen, of course, but rather a miniature replica of a kitchen, a tiny kitchen with a tiny table where two tiny dolls sit, blank-eyed and smiling and ready to eat an invisible meal.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
Chances are your polycule can be aesthetically subdivided into twinks and dolls anyway — and if anyone’s on the fence, break down the binary!
—James Factora, Them., 17 Oct. 2025
The naked baby angel boy character with whimsical headgear comes in different forms—from regular, mini dolls to the popular Hippers, which are designed to hang from your phone or laptop with a square of adhesive tape.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 16 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for doll
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“Doll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doll. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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doll
noun
ˈdäl 
ˈdȯl
1
: a small figure of a human being used especially as a child's plaything
2
a
: a pretty young woman
b
: an attractive person
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