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statuette
[ stach-oo-et ]
statuette
/ ˌstætjʊˈɛt /
noun
- a small statue
Word History and Origins
Origin of statuette1
Example Sentences
I took the heavy statuette in my hand and, wouldn’t you know it, flubbed my acceptance speech, even though my win was a sure thing.
To prevent theft, the statuette automatically disappears beneath the hood when the engine is off.
Ann and Henry may love each other just that much—like those little naked statuettes from the 1970s who profess their adoration with outstretched arms—but it’s not enough to save them.
Inside a church in Whitney, “hand-carved statuettes” of enslaved children illustrate that young people “sustained and embodied the institution of slavery.”
Little statuettes and amulets carry the shapes and names of gods and pharaohs.
BEST ACTRESS: Julianne Moore, Still Alice This Oscar-ready turn may finally give Julianne Moore a long-deserved gold statuette.
She said some more gibberish, and then refused the statuette from presenter Roger Moore.
Even nine-time nominee Paul Newman died with only a single statuette on his mantle.
Marlow: Daniel Day-Lewis will indeed make history and win his third Best Actor Oscar statuette for his portrayal of Honest Abe.
The awards have no golden statuette or fat check—only a plaster foot—reminding all writers that they have feet of clay.
Center back stage, in front of sky-light, modeling stand upon which is placed a rough statuette, covered by cloth.
Coming unconsciously upon this enclosure, I was suddenly aware of the oddest statuette.
In the latter the tabernacle which stood in the secos was too small to hold anything larger than a statuette or emblem.
And Brian in an exuberance of amiability had broken a statuette.
If you can make a statue of a thing you can make a statuette of it.
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