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
Usually on a tripod or a dolly.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Nov. 2025
The Paris police included a photo of the recovered bust wrapped in string, tagged as evidence, sitting on a rusty old dolly in a warehouse hallway.
—David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
Then the chandelier behind was real explosions, the camera team moving the dolly in sequence with Alex [Lawther] acting in the foreground of the whole thing going off in what was essentially one or two seconds.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
The vehicle barriers resemble massive metal dollies that can be rolled to different locations.
—Ella McCarthy, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 Nov. 2025
The Paris police included a photo of the recovered bust wrapped in string, tagged as evidence, sitting on a rusty old dolly in a warehouse hallway.
—David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
Then the chandelier behind was real explosions, the camera team moving the dolly in sequence with Alex [Lawther] acting in the foreground of the whole thing going off in what was essentially one or two seconds.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
The vehicle barriers resemble massive metal dollies that can be rolled to different locations.
—Ella McCarthy, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for dolly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dolly
doll
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Every memory holding the sum of us—not me alone, but a nesting doll of memories, proof that someone in the world once mothered us, even if that mothering had to come from only ourselves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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And referring to yourself as my doll.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Dolly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dolly. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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