How to Use found object in a Sentence

found object

noun

• Rosemary would come home to find objects moved around the house.
  — Lauren Beale, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2019
• The beer list and fun taproom full of art and found objects gives the brewery an inviting vibe.
  — Em Sauter, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
• Her other work uses found objects to imagine miniature life scenes.
  — al, 9 Dec. 2019
• The selection includes a few small pieces that employ found objects and encaustic, a mix of wax and pigment.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 28 June 2019
• Learn what clues scientists use when analyzing artifacts and what found objects can tell us about a culture.
  — Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2018
• The excavation found objects relating to the furnishing and renovation of the house.
  — James Powel, USA TODAY, 13 Aug. 2024
• Using not only acoustic drums but tape machines, samplers, found objects, and surfaces lined with odd materials, Williams becomes a mosaicist of sound.
  — Hilton Als, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
• Each of the artists explores themes of identity, migration, labor and place through various mediums, such as painting, found objects and video installations.
  — Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 13 Nov. 2024
• Some design features are custom for specific projects, and the company may incorporate vintage elements and found objects.
  — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
• Later, the performers elicited daubs of tone from conventional instruments, as if translating those found objects into spectral music.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 24 June 2018
• The middle section largely turns on Cave’s cast bronze and found object sculptures, many of which deploy the artist’s own disembodied limbs festooned with intricate floral brocades.
  — Max Lakin, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022
• Accents and accessories often include found objects and reclaimed materials from feathers to vintage upholstery.
  — Grace Wilson, NOLA.com, 26 Jan. 2018
• Work notes that this helps analysts with tasks like identifying targets or understanding a group’s pattern of activity, by reducing time spent scouring screens just to find objects of interest.
  — Tom Simonite, WIRED, 29 May 2018
• Especially in periods when camp rules allowed detainees to create artwork in their cells, the artists’ use of prison detritus and found objects made the artwork more than simply a depiction of what the men lacked, desired or imagined.
  — Alexandra Moore, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
• Or Antonio Cervantes García, a man from the Catalonia region who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and created a space out of concrete and found objects to keep his demons at bay.
  — Nicholas Casey, New York Times, 12 June 2023
• The most conspicuously contemporary of the trio, Clark uses building materials and found objects to devise installations such as this show’s industrial-style refuge.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2020
• Scout assesses recently found objects from the Minor Planet Center for hazards and potential trajectories.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 12 Sep. 2019
• Scout assesses recently found objects from the Minor Planet Center for hazards and potential trajectories.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 Sep. 2019
• Sung Tieu’s work summons a form of bureaucratic realism, using sculpture, text, and found objects to examine the exclusions imposed by systems of statehood and administrative control.
  — Pablo Larios, Artforum, 6 May 2026
• Ranging in height from around three to more than six feet, the pieces are complex, layered assemblages made of frosting, found objects, party decorations, acrylic paint, and an assortment of other materials relevant to that individual.
  — Kerry Cardoza, Chicago Reader, 25 Apr. 2018
• Participants’ thumbprints are being incorporated into the design, as are found objects that Paul Ecke Central students have been collecting in donation boxes.
  — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2023
• The new NoLIta store, which was designed in partnership with Greg Dutton Studio, reflects that heritage with its neutral tones, found objects and wooden design elements.
  — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 22 Sep. 2025
• Art fans should save time for Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens on South Street, Zagar’s immersive indoor-outdoor mosaic space decked with tile, glass, mirrors, and found objects.
  — Regan Stephens, AFAR Media, 14 Oct. 2025
• Human children usually start to develop the skill around eight months, reports Mindy Weisberger for Live Science, and previous research has found object permanence in primates such as chimpanzees and gorillas.
  — Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Nov. 2021
• Practically every square inch of the Magic Gardens museum, on South Street between 10th and 11th, is covered in mosaics made from bits of glass bottles, mirrors, tiles and found objects like bike wheels.
  — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
• At Zwirner, a dimly gallery gives these solemn figures an air of reverence, with the stitched fabric and found objects of The Last Transmission (2024) resembling an offering to someone departed.
  — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 19 Feb. 2025
• There are also events focused on interior design, especially using reclaimed, antique and found objects offered by Aurora Mills Architectural Salvage.
  — Janet Eastman, OregonLive.com, 27 Mar. 2018
• Mohri, known for her installations incorporating sound, fruit, found objects, and kinetic elements, will receive $50,000 in cash and a three-month residency at Atelier Calder in Saché, France.
  — News Desk, Artforum, 6 Feb. 2026