papier mache
Example Sentences
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The other wall had a giant rainbow-colored papier-mâché hand, its pointer finger sticking straight out and beneath it the words You Belong scrawled in loopy neon letters.
From Literature
The skeleton depicted in the painting echoed the papier-mache version that hung above Kahlo's bed, according to Sotheby's.
From Barron's
The scene she depicts even imitates her real life: Kahlo actually kept a smaller, papier-mâché skeleton atop her own canopy bed in Mexico City as a reassuring symbol of death’s ubiquity.
Penelope’s few possessions—including her broken tiara, her ruined princess costume, and her papier-mâché seashell—were already in her bag.
From Literature
Penelope held on to the papier-mâché seashell as long as she could.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
