papier mache
Example Sentences
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“The glue doesn’t stick. I’ve been doing papier-mâché for weeks.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
One of the most famous involved Frank Morris, and brothers Clarence and John Anglin, who escaped in June 1962 by placing papier-mâché heads in their beds and breaking out through ventilation ducts.
From BBC • May 10, 2025
Above us were giant papier-mâché heads of alebrijes — colorful Mexican folk art figurines — used at LA Librería’s recent appearance at the L.A.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024
Her first intervention was to style the windows, which she thought were boring, adding mannequins and whimsical objects like papier-mâché dogs.
From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2024
It’s a scarecrow-like dummy made of paper-stuffed clothes with a papier-mâché head.
From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
