Examples of statuette in a Sentence
won a gold-plated statuette as the prize
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The best new musical honor went to Operation Mincemeat, which also earned Jak Malone the statuette for best actor in a supporting role in a musical.
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Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Apr. 2024
Here, midcentury Brazilian and American furniture sit amid African statuettes and masks, Abstract Expressionist canvases, contemporary sculpture and clashing textures that give the house an unusual tactility.
—Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
As for Best Actress, Killers of the Flower Moon star Lily Gladstone had the early momentum, then Poor Things star Emma Stone started picking up wins, only for Gladstone to take the all-important SAG Awards statuette.
—Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2024
Again, this is purely speculation, but Gibbons — or anyone else who recognized the resemblance between Ptah and the Academy Award statuette — might thereby have arrived at such a nickname.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
Many thought that Downey failed to acknowledge or make eye contact with last year’s winner Ke Huy Quan, who handed the statuette off to him.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2024
In footage of the ceremony, Stone can be seen reaching for the award from Yeoh, but the statuette is then abruptly handed to presenter Jennifer Lawrence.
—USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
Taking place at The Wallis Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills, Oscar winners Billie Eilish and Christopher Nolan walked the dimly lit room, clutching their golden statuettes.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
Each of the twenty noteworthy presenters (a group that included Regina King, Ke Huy Quan, Sally Field, and Matthew McConaughey) addressed one nominee directly, with praise so fulsome and sentimental that the statuettes themselves turned rose gold.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Apr. 2024
Here, midcentury Brazilian and American furniture sit amid African statuettes and masks, Abstract Expressionist canvases, contemporary sculpture and clashing textures that give the house an unusual tactility.
—Hanya Yanagihara, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
As for Best Actress, Killers of the Flower Moon star Lily Gladstone had the early momentum, then Poor Things star Emma Stone started picking up wins, only for Gladstone to take the all-important SAG Awards statuette.
—Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2024
Again, this is purely speculation, but Gibbons — or anyone else who recognized the resemblance between Ptah and the Academy Award statuette — might thereby have arrived at such a nickname.
—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
Many thought that Downey failed to acknowledge or make eye contact with last year’s winner Ke Huy Quan, who handed the statuette off to him.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2024
In footage of the ceremony, Stone can be seen reaching for the award from Yeoh, but the statuette is then abruptly handed to presenter Jennifer Lawrence.
—USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
Taking place at The Wallis Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills, Oscar winners Billie Eilish and Christopher Nolan walked the dimly lit room, clutching their golden statuettes.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024
Each of the twenty noteworthy presenters (a group that included Regina King, Ke Huy Quan, Sally Field, and Matthew McConaughey) addressed one nominee directly, with praise so fulsome and sentimental that the statuettes themselves turned rose gold.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
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“Statuette.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statuette. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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statuette
noun
stat·u·ette
ˌstach-ə-ˈwet 
: a small statue
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