dummy

Example Sentences

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"It looked almost as if it was a tailor's dummy lying there, it didn't really register with me."

From BBC

“You big dummy!” is about as clever as their remarks to one another ever get.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The earth is a huge ecosystem,” Akira’s dad said, like he was explaining it to a dummy.

From Literature

Julian Spinks, a GP in Medway, Kent, said there was a risk of buying a dummy pill, a completely different medication or the correct drug at the wrong dose.

From BBC

Ralph Belmonte, a resident of Grange Road for 47 years, said a postman discovered the body on the road after having mistaken it for a dummy strapped to the roof of a driving car.

From BBC